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TIL that psychopaths are immune to contagious yawning due to their lack of empathy, which is a core psychological factor that leads to catching yawns.

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YVpx TIL that Vince McMahon (WWE Owner) said of one of his stepdads that beat his mother “It’s unfortunate he died before I could have killed him”
oG4L TIL that in the novel, Forrest Gump goes to space on a NASA mission. It crash lands on an island where he’s stuck for years. These scenes weren’t in the movie, but Tom Hanks did go on to star in Apollo 13 and Castaway.
WkLbd TIL In Cambodia, cooking with a "lucky iron fish" has helped villagers prevent anaemia.
oR0oY TIL Australian light switches turn on by pushing the button down, which is the opposite of the US and Canada.
R7jdw TIL coins like pennies actually have no odor. Metals such as iron & copper catalyze a chemical reaction in skin oils which produces the source of the "metal smell", a compound called 1-octen-3-one, and every person's smell is slightly different.