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j665a TIL that stimulating a specific region of the hypothalamus can induce a male mouse to mate rather than attack another male mouse. Conversely, stimulating a different hypothalamus region can induce the male mouse to attack rather than mate with a female mouse.
9E7D TIL French preschools serve four-course lunches (including a cheese course) to educate them in taste and stimulate their senses
5bxD TIL One-third of the world cannot see the Milky Way
VBjQk TIL That a settlement in Russia is the coldest inhabited place on earth. Oymyakon has 500 residents and an average winter temp of -58°F. Schools are only closed if the tenp gets to -67°F.
QJW7a TIL that Ukraine lost 20% of its population in WWII; this is proportionately more than any other nation that took part in the war.