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TIL Clifford the Big Red Dog is the mascot of the Scholastic publishing company

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OLEe TIL that during sleep cerebral spinal fluid flows through the brain on the OUTSIDE of the brain’s blood vessels and that the CSF removes brain cell waste including amyloid beta protein. This flow only occurs during sleep. Amyloid beta protein buildup is involved in alzheimer’s.
epjaL TIL a 1978 study had students approach strangers & ask to have sex. 75% of men said yes; zero women did. But a 2015 study made sure its participants believed they could accept offers of sex without fear of what might happen to them; it found when society isn’t judging, women's sex drive rivals men's
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