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TIL People with social anxiety disorder have a different gut microbiome - transplanting their microbiome to mice causes the mice to suffer from increased social fear

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d5dj TIL there is a region called the Eridanus Supervoid which is a cold spot ~5 degrees above absolute zero and has been theorized to be an imprint of a parallel universe.
DQQKp TIL: Polonium-210 in tobacco contributes to many of the cases of lung cancer worldwide
LkwJd TIL Tim Staffell, original member of the band that would become Queen, later worked on the TV adaption of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and made models for Thomas the Tank Engine.
69Y0W TIL in 2008, Chile printed tons of 50 peso coins that misspelled the name of their country as "Chiie". No one noticed until 2009, and the person responsible was fired.
ZpegB TIL that a Far Cry film, based on the video game, was released in 2006. Directed by Uwe Boll, it was a major box-office bomb, making only $743,000 against a $30 million budget.