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TIL that regularly hugging a loved one can increase oxytocin levels and lead to better overall health.

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yV5oa TIL a study showed that during trials, expert witnessses who displayed moderate confidence, rather than high or low confidence, were rated the highest in terms of credibility. Ratings of this credibility was correlated to sentencing outcomes.
rRDvM TIL about a Confederate cemetery in Oxford Mississippi. Currently there is only one large marker for the cemetery, there use to be individual headstones for each plot but years ago the groundskeeper moved them to cut the lawn and forgot where they belonged.
a8WwM TIL that in the original Polynesian myth, Māui dies after transforming into a worm and entering the vagina of the goddess Hine-nui-te-pō, who crushes him with the obsidian teeth in her vagina.
DQ77Y TIL the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire ironically had the same name as both the founder and first king of Rome (Romulus) and the first roman Emperor (Augustus).
wLlXP TIL that there are verbs in the English language with more than one grammatically correct past participle. Examples include the verbs to dwell, to creep, and to burn.