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TIL That the cremaster muscle is responsible for moving your testicles up or down. It expands and contracts according to temperature – moving them further from the body when it’s warm and closer to the body when it’s cold.

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ow67 TIL In-N-Out Burger prints discreet references to Bible verses on their paper containers. These consist of the book, chapter, and number of the verse, not the text of the passage, in small print on an inconspicuous area of the item. The practice began in the 1980s.
Wnlo TIL the $4billion nuclear powered supercarrier “USS Ronald Reagan” has an unlimited range distance up to 20-25 years, powered by two A4W Reactors
KOWPE TIL about Mike Warnke: An evangelical celebrity claiming to be a former satanist who sacrificed children and engaged in ritual orgies before finding Christ. It was revealed he made the whole story up and was blacklisted from megachurches for not actually sacrificing babies.
4XKL6 TIL Sleep deprivation has opposite effects in healthy people and those with depression. If you’re healthy and you don’t sleep, you’ll feel in a bad mood. But if you’re depressed, it can prompt an immediate improvement in mood, and in cognitive abilities. This is the basis of Wake Therapy
69YyY TIL that at least 1.5 million women served in the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. While there were restrictions against them going into direct combat against American troops, there were no restrictions on them fighting against South Vietnamese troops.