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TIL that participants in a study, when controlling a robot by joystick, were unable to create any self-tickling sensation. This suggests that tickling depends on surprise/a lack of expectation, and that the brain regulates/blocks the sensation when it can anticipate it.

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4kgYR TIL that astronauts on the International Space Station get 15-16 sunrises and sunsets each day.
wgo8 TIL in 2010, a Polish man living in Germany asked doctors to remove what he thought was a several-year old cyst at the back of his head. However, doctors found that the “cyst” was actually a .22-caliber round lodged in his scalp. He didn’t noticed it because he was drunk when it happened 5 years ago
bmyE TIL that Katherine Hepburn [b.1907-d.2003], 12 time Academy Award nominated actress was an atheist saying once in an interview: “I am an atheist and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.”
Oolae TIL Shia LaBeouf was once considered to play Thor in lieu of then “unknown” Chris Hemsworth
mWjp TIL TGI Fridays Got Rid Of “Flair” Because Of Office Space