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TIL the death metal growl has origins in Viking culture

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b9oMQ TIL that William Shakespeare invented many popular phrases for his plays that we still use in everyday life, including: 'vanish into thin air,' 'there's a method to my madness,' 'wild-goose chase",' 'wear my heart upon my sleeve,' 'love is blind,' 'to come full circle,' etc.
69bWW TIL about the Asch Conformity Experiment. If participants were the only one disagreeing, they often conformed to the group, even if the answer was clearly wrong. If just one other person agreed with them, conformity dropped significantly.
6EELl TIL you lose about a pound of weight everynight while you sleep, just by breathing.
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p8lmG TIL that on the planet Venus, named after the Roman goddess of love, the northern continent is called Ishtar Terra, after Ishtar - the Babylonian goddess of love, and the southern continent is called Aphrodite Terra, after Aphrodite - the Greek goddess of love