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TIL that when choir members sing, their heartbeats are in synch, due to the fact they breathe at the same times.

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xVdXD TIL that Carl Newton Mahan was only 6-years-old when he shot and killed 8-year-old Cecil Van Hoose with a shotgun. He was convicted of manslaughter but his sentence was reversed because of his age. He remained free until his death at 35-years-old.
EgQ0p TIL about the historical significance of the Industrial Revolution and its profound impact on society and economies worldwide.
m1JZP TIL The "non-rBST" label on milk has essentially become meaningless because none of the major milk bottlers package milk from rBST-treated cows anymore
m1npE TIL that in Laos, people practice 'whole animal eating' to avoid being wasteful. This means they not only eat all the meat and organs of animals but also their bile/vomit, which is called "ki aun" or "soft poo". Unsurprisingly, it smells like poop. But apparently it tastes like chicken.
BNxW TIL that the official world record for “Longest Time Spent Masturbating” is 10 hours and 10 minutes. That record was achieved at the 2012 San Francisco “masturbatae-a-thon”.