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TIL that romantic kissing was only invented 3500 years ago, and its invention has been linked to the rapid spread of oral herpes.

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ojlK TIL On Space Shuttle Endeavor, astronaut John Grunsfeld called into NPR’s Car Talk and asked why his government vehicle was shaking violently for a couple minutes before the engine died.
69RrJ TIL that oxyzen is responsible for aging, When oxidation of oxyzen happens things called free radicals are produced. which in turn deteriotes cell with in and makes them age.
AKRB TIL that 1 in every 14 people in the US under the age of 50 are estimated to have owned a copy of ‘The Dark Side of The Moon’ by Pink Floyd.
WrbA TIL that Martin van Buren was the only United States president who spoke English as a second language. His first language was Dutch.
MeR6K TIL that, upon being appointed King of Holland by Napoleon, Louis Bonaparte arrived in Holland and exclaimed to a crowd, “I am the Rabbit of Holland” (Iek ben Konijn van Olland). He meant to say ‘lek ben Koning’ (I am the King). But the Dutch loved him anyways, and remember him as “Louis the Good.”