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TIL that contrary to popular belief, sweating does not remove toxins from the body. Dehydration from excessive sweating can actually make it harder for your body to remove toxins.

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vPKkB TIL that bed bugs have no courtship rituals. What they have, instead, is a type of mating behavior called traumatic insemination. That is, a male will simply climb onto a female, stab her in the side of her body with his hypodermic penis, and release his sperm into her body cavity.
WBWd TIL Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were with John Belushi on the night of his death
4Xyo TIL that there are planets without stars, that they could outnumber the stars in the galaxy, and could easily harbor bacterial life.
KOBrG TIL at the 1968 Masters, Roberto de Vicenzo accidentally signed an incorrect scorecard that showed a par 4 on the 17th hole in the final round, when he actually scored a birdie 3. De Vicenzo would finish 1 stroke behind the lead and was denied a playoff against tournament winner Bob Goalby.
j6X4M TIL that blue reflectors on the road mean a fire hydrant is nearby.