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TIL that humans enjoy spicy foods, depressing songs, and roller coasters because of “benign masochism”

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Y8xZ TIL the world’s thinnest house is just 4 feet wide - set between two buildings in Warsaw, Poland, the home is 33 feet in depth and about 30 feet tall
7oEZ TIL that future King Henry V was struck in the face by an arrow in his first battle leading soldiers. Rather than leave the field, he reportedly stated that “he would rather die than stain his soldierly reputation by flight.” He was sixteen at the time.
ZpwPB TIL Pirates wore eye patches to increase their night vision, not to cover a missing eye.
ol9L TIL of the Bagger 293, the biggest vehicle in the world. It is an excavator that is 315 feet tall, 740 feet long, and weighs over 31 million pounds.
wo5VE TIL Teenagers are drinking less, doing fewer drugs and have less sex than previous generations. Teenagers today are also more depressed than previous generations.