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TIL that swearing increases your pain threshold.

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R71Vj TIL There's Evidence Humans Didn't Actually See Blue Until Modern Times
LQEmd TIL the 1986 film "Space Camp" was famous for being a marketing nightmare, being released shortly after the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.
jd9j TIL A British sailor in WWII escaped his submarine from depths of 171 feet and managed to get to the surface and survive.
Xk4P TIL the molestation and rape of children by priests in America has resulted in more than $3.3 billion of settlements over the past 15 years, $1.3 billion of that in California.
grNJL TIL the eulachon is a type of fish also called the candlefish, because its body is so fatty during spawning that if caught, dried and strung on a wick, it can be burned as candle.