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TIL When you experience a “gut feeling,” it’s because the same peptides that are released in your brain are also lining your gastrointestinal tract.

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wL55J TIL the founder of lingerie company Victoria's Secret sold the business for just $1 million five years after founding it, and later commited suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge as the firm went on to produce billion dollar revenues for the new owner.
xVAW1 TIL Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, native to Papua New Guinea and named in honor of Alexandra of Denmark, is the largest butterfly in the world. Females have wingspans reaching 25cm/9.8in and males are smaller. The first specimen was taken with a small shotgun. It is currently listed as endangered.
dDKwB TIL Estrogen is linked to causing depression and anxiety in women but doctors and scientists are unsure how. The actual measured level of estrogen doesn't predict emotional disturbances.
d8njd TIL of a non-theistic religion called the Church of Body Modification which practises piercing, scarification, plastic surgery, firewalking, corsetry and fasting in order to live a spiritually complete life
orLW TIL that the word doppelganger, commonly used to refer to someone’s look-alike, is actually a German word meaning “double-walker” referring to paranormal duplicates of a real person.