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TIL rubbing your dog’s ear sends nerve impulses to pituitary glands that secrete endorphins, pain-killing, feel-good types of hormones that make your dog so relaxed throughout his/her whole body that he/she becomes essentially “high” off of his/her own hormones.

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R7D1j TIL that wheelchair athletes with spinal injuries would intentionally injure the lower part of their body to increase their blood pressure which would enhance their performance. This practice is called ‘Boosting’ and has been banned by the International Paralympic Committee since 1994.
NX0Kb TIL that there exists a script developed for women by the women called Nushu. The script was invented in China for women to communicate in privacy
XE9Jj TIL that Boxing legends Pacquiao, Marquez and Barrera took up business degrees. Marquez was an accountant before he became a legend while Barrera took up law. Pacman on the other hand took up business administration.
PP9w TIL In his spare time, Steve Carell runs a General Store in Massachusetts.
wl67 TIL after Tracey Morgan homophobic remark, Tina Fey released a statement reminding him some of his 30 Rock colleagues are gay “without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket”