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TIL Pavlov’s student Horsley Gnatt trained a dog to anticipate food with one tone, punishment with another, then gradually made the tones increasingly similar. Nick the dog became so anxious, whenever reminded of the lab or the tones, it would get nervous erections and spontaneously ejaculate.

KYNVR TIL: Putting duct tape on a horses nose calms them down to help you shoe them.
E1RAP TIL that Ultrasuede (a form of synthetic suede) is partly made from molasses
Rpa9 TIL that Pokémon is the second most successful video-game series in the world behind only Mario.
a7oN TIL that Kaley Cuoco was once a nationally ranked amateur tennis player. She started at the age of 3 and gave it up at 16.
7ooM TIL that creativity and mental illness are chemical cousins