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TIL To lose 63 pounds for his role in The Machinist, Christian Bale’s daily diet consisted of one can of tuna fish, and/or one apple per day, black coffee, and water.

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BrlnD TIL Octopuses are immune to the stings of various types of jellyfish. They know this and will often rip off the stings of man-o-war (species closely related to jellyfish) and use them as whips to defend themselves from larger predators.
9YA6p TIL that the top two sumo referees, tate-gyōji, have daggers on hand while officiating matches. These daggers symbolize the referees' willingness to ritualistically disembowel themselves if a call of theirs is overruled. In modern times, they submit resignation letters when they make a poor call.
mxEwp TIL when babies first start emoting, they sometines turn away in the middle of smiling at you because they're so overwhelmed by joy that they can't handle all the emotion and have to regulate by looking somehwere else. This is known as 'Gaze Aversion' and is used to reduce their heartbeats.
9Y5OB TIL of Tell Abu Hureyra, oldest known farming site in the world.
R5gKa TIL On average, men say "I love you" about three months into a relationship, while women wait until about five months. Men are also more likely to find saying "I love you" about a month into a relationship, while women find it acceptable up to six months in a relationship