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TIL that the PH levels in the skin on your hands and your face is slightly more acidic than the rest of your body, which is a form of natural protection against harmful bacteria.

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KOV89 TIL that Charlie Sheen launched a children’s clothing line called “Sheen Kidz” in 2006.
aOo9 TIL a Soviet Union Marshal commissioned a clear coca-cola that resembled vodka because he enjoyed the taste and didn’t want to be seen drinking coke in public.
1avG4 TIL a Norway TV channel planned to show a reindeer migration nonstop in real time for 168 hours, using drones, antler-cams and snowmobiles. Previous "slow TV" included nonstop knitting, 18 hours of live salmon fishing, and hours of "firewood chopping" discussion followed by live footage of a fire.
D1wGP TIL that there was a group of middle aged women called “Snapists” who believed that they were married to Severus Snape on the ‘astral plane’ and that he controlled their lives. An independent researcher published an in-depth paper on the matter.
R7n7l TIL that pessimism is one of the key symptoms of depression, and depressed people are more pessimistic when predicting the future than nondepressed people, even when they are given the exact same information with which to make their predictions.