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TIL Childhood trauma can speed biological aging.

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ANbJl TIL about Ann Hodges the only known person to have been struck by a meteorite and survived
e0gaD TIL Halley's comet was depicted in the famous 11th century Bayeux Tapestry which recounts the story of Duke William the Bastard conquering England in 1066.
OoWO7 TIL The radio hat was a portable radio built into a pith helmet that would bring in stations within a 20-mile (32 km) radius. It was introduced in early 1949 for $7.95 as the "Man-from-Mars Radio Hat."
rlre TIL that one theory on why we are ticklish is that it serves as a mechanism for developing combat skills. Most often practiced from parent to child, tickling activates vulnerable areas on the body that develop a defensive reaction while producing laughter that encourages the ‘attacker’ to continue.
Pj8O TIL that bananas are actually a berry, and the banana “tree” isn’t a tree at all, rather it’s an herb.