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TIL the Myers-Briggs has no scientific basis whatsoever.

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59MR TIL the lubricating fluid that is naturally produced in a woman’s vagina during sexual arousal is mainly blood plasma
4XKBN TIL that your body odors changes when you've been successfully infected by plasmodium (Malaria). Thereby making you a better target for mosquitos and spreading the disease.
XBGR TIL that before the invention of the heart-lung machine, surgeons used “cross circulation” for open heart surgeries - a child was connected to their parent’s heart, which oxygenated the patient’s blood and pumped it back in.
KO7o6 TIL in 1900, a young Chicago arts student took part in a golf tournament while visiting Paris, recording the best score. This “tournament” turned out to be the Olympics, and she died never knowing she was an Olympic champion, America’s first female Olympic champion no less.
Kw14 TIL that today is Isaac Newton’s birthday