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TIL, disco music is a scientifically used “mild stressor” used in animal studies to assess the animals’ responses to stress.

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b6nJ4 TIL about “paper streets” that exist on maps, but were either planned and not constructed, or can be deliberately included in published maps as trap streets, forming a copyright trap.
mYWy TIL Vice-President Andrew Johnson took his presidential oath while drunk. “Glassy-eyed and smelling of whiskey, he reminded […] pretty much everyone within hearing distance that they owed their positions to ‘plebeians’ such as himself, then kissed the Bible and staggered away”.
WZx9 TIL that our brains do not reach full maturity until at least our mid-20s.
6EZyZ TIL that if you dial 719-266-2837 you will reach the Hall and Oates emergency helpline. A woman with a British accent will guide you through some H&O hits assigned to different numbers.
kg1e TIL Lucille Ball saved Star Trek from being cancelled in 1964.