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TIL about The Yips. "A sudden loss of fine motor skills that comes on without apparent explanation and is usually suffered by mature athletes with years of experience". A neurological condition that leaves top tier athletes basically unable to play competitively.

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K1gJ TIL Dan Aykroyd has a documentary that is him smoking cigarettes and talking about UFOs for 83 minutes
ADRn4 TIL Dr. Winnifred Cutler spent over 25 years researching reproductive biology and produced the Athena 10X pheromones to make men attractive to women. A reporter tried it in a museum, bars, and concluded pheromones don't work
8jab TIL that until 1999, the State of Montana didn’t have a speed limit on the interstate, and instead encouraged drivers to be “reasonable and prudent”
xAPD TIL that mercury in vaccines is not only not harmful, but is in fact there to make the vaccine safer by preventing the growth of bacteria or fungi that could possibly contaminate the vaccine.
vPy7L TIL there is a breed of horse (called Akhal-Teke or ‘golden horse’) with proteins in their coat that appear metallic iridescent when light falls on them.