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TIL that gorillas purr

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xVjdb TIL that in 2012, Facebook altered the number of positive and negative posts in the news feeds of 689,003 randomly selected users to see if they could make the users more happy or sad. They published the results of this experiment in an academic paper.
QJwod TIL a strong erection is roughly 78% blood by volume but uses less than 3% of the body’s total blood volume at any given time.
Bgv4K TIL about a Yale study revealing kids who watched "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" learned more and were generally more patient than those who watched "Sesame Street."