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TIL that the reason people pace, clean, doodle, etc while on the phone is we are used to getting “feedback” from that person – hand gestures, body postures, and facial expressions. When we can't see them, our body reacts to the lack of visual feedback by making unconscious moves.

5Kdr TIL to join The 300 Club, when the outside temperature at the South Pole is less than -73C (-100F), it’s traditional to get in a sauna at 93C (200F) and then run around the South Pole naked. Thus experiencing a 300 degree Fahrenheit temperature difference.
VMdX4 TIL killer whales use a hunting technique known as a "karate chop" against sharks. Using its tail it pushes the shark to the surface on a vortex, then raises its tail high in the air and slams it on the shark’s head. Then it flips the shark over causing tonic immobility, rendering it paralyzed.
mxgmM TIL that former US Senator Harry Reid informed the FBI of an attempted bribe during his time as head of the Nevada Gaming Commission. He participated in the sting that implicated the would be briber and soon after, his wife found a bomb attached to her car.
9YVx6 TIL that the only document with the taste of Cyanide written is the Suicide Note of an Indian Goldsmith who killed himself in 2006 by mixing a pinch of it in his liquor. He wrote “Doctors, potassium cyanide. I have tasted it. It burns the tongue and tastes acrid."
166V7 TIL Martha Gellhorn was the only woman to land on the Normandy beaches (alongside 150,000 men). She was a journalist but her request to come along had been denied, so she stowed away in a toilet and then disguised herself as a stretcher bearer