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TIL about the functions of humans' foreskins

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lo4va TIL that people with dementia think that stuff like a black doormat isn’t a doormat, but a deep hole in the floor. Due to these visual perception problems, people with dementia avoid stepping the doormat, and this is sometimes used to keep them from leaving their care facilites.
lyGa Til That when deli meats shine ranbow colors it’s not because oil is on it but the meat is cut perfectly against the grain, therefore more tender
VBQOB TIL that Princess Diana and Winston Churchill are from the same family
O19X TIL that yaks actually can’t survive at altitudes below roughly 10,000 ft., because of their sensitivity to temperatures above 15° C
wX0M TIL there’s a unknown object in the nearby galaxy m82 that started sending out radio waves and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before