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TIL the California Highway Patrol are not known as CHiPs.

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VM68m TIL 'fight or flight' is actually a description of the male response to acute stress. The female response can be more accurately described as 'tend and befriend'. This has implications for how we think about what stress does to our bodies and how best to cope with and recover from it.
R5rMj TIL that the character Uncle Jesse from “Full House” was originally named “Adam Cochran” during production, but at the request of actor John Stamos, who is Greek-American, the character’s name was changed to Jesse Katsopolis.
P1LbL TIL The heat of the Earth's core has nothing to do with pressure. Rather, most of it is energy produced by radioactive decay and the rest is trapped heat remaining from when the planet formed.
4XEKb TIL because the crew of Dr Strangelove was denied access to a B-52 bomber, they made a replica of the cockpit by comparing those of a B-29 with a single photo of the B-52's cockpit. It turned out to be so accurate that Kubrick began to worry about a FBI investigation into how they got it so close.
OvMR TIL: during test times in Korea, they will lock the access to rooftops. This is because students have been known to realise they are failing whilst taking the test, stop, and leave to jump off the roof.