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TIL: Couples that cuddle can become addicted to one another. Symptoms of withdraw can occur when apart as a result of the hormone oxytocin, "the cuddling drug."

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yQXvw TIL That according to the 2016 Australian Census, more people in Australia identify with having "English" ancestry than with having "Australian" ancestry
nWNNo TIL that Mackinac Island was the United States 2nd ever national park but was converted to a State Park due to funding
mY9Y TIL Shrimp is called an abomination 4 times more than homosexuality in the bible
OoQQ7 TIL The ability to read mispelled words is not based only on the first and last letter of the word, but also on the overall context and many other psycholinguistic factors. The original meme that made this popular actually used very specific words to show the effect, but it fails for other words.
OEkY TIL that MIT students found out that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets from Massachusetts’ Cash WinAll lottery they could get a 10-15% return on investment. In 5 years they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.