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TIL It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.

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REQ4 TIL 19th century zoologists managed to display deep sea creatures in museums by creating incredibly life-like yet fragile glass replicas, often based purely on black and white illustrations. The resulting models were so realistic and well rendered that many are still in use today.
XaDD TIL that the reason why redheads are less sensitive to pain medications is because of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on chromosome 16
xxkb TIL with the popularity of palm reading in Japan, some are getting “palm surgery” as a way to cheat fate
XG8r TIL in 2008 Monty Python decided to start their own Youtube channel. They uploaded HQ videos of their sketches which in only a few days resulted in a 16,000% increase in DVD box set sales.
9YDxm TIL there is a church in Taiwan in the shape of a giant glass slipper.