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TIL that approximately 90% of our serotonin production happens in our gut.

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vPLRR TIL that actor Raymond Burr (Perry Mason, Rear Window) refused to ever appear on The Tonight Show because Johnny Carson often told fat jokes about him, and Burr would feel compelled to confront Carson about "the bad jokes he does about everybody who can't fight back because they aren't there."
aw5Bb TIL about Femtoengineering, which is technology 6 orders of magnitude smaller than nanotech. At this scale, engineering utilises quarks & strings to manipulate atoms. If achieved, could lead towards macro-scale teleportation, as well as breakthroughs in force field generation and antigravity tech.
5G8k TIL Starbucks spends more on health insurance for its employees than on raw materials needed to brew its coffee.
4db TIL there is an island in the English channel where cars are banned. People get around on bicycle, horses or tractors.
9XRp TIL in Marvel, there is a company called “Damage Control” that pays damages caused by superheroes to civilians.