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TIL that human saliva contains a painkiller 6 times stronger than morphine

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wLZ68 TIL Narcissistic people are more likely to be compulsive Facebook users. Facebook addiction is also associated with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms.
OoAN1 TIL of the cortical homunculus, a physical representation of a male human based on a neurological map of the parts of your body that send the most sensory information to the brain.
mPER TIL the 13th century ‘Latin Book of the Civilized Man’ included such advice as 'If there is something you do not want people to know, do not tell it to your wife.’
pZ6G TIL American schoolchildren rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries….but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
6E9jw TIL that though Thomas Kinkade designed his paintings, the widely sold prints were produced through a semi-industrial process in which prints were factory produced and then manually touched up by low-level apprentices who embellished the prefabricated base.