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TIL people who love grilled cheese sandwiches tend to have more sex.

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yVBMV TIL about Stephenson 2-18 being the largest star in the universe at 10 billion times larger than our sun.
epmQn TIL that the South’s portrayal of the Civil War primarily being about “State Rights” was a narrative that was pushed after the war with the book Lost Cause.
woXW7 TIL that James Lovelock, an English scientist, performed experiments regarding the cryopreservation of small rodents. His work found that hamsters could successfully be revived with no adverse effects after having 60% of the fluids in their brain frozen. The hamsters were thawed using microwaves.
WP48 TIL that those tiny bright moving lines that appear in your field of vision when looking at a clear blue sky are actually your own white blood cells moving in the capillaries in front of your eyes’ retinas.
jNaLa TIL in 1963 a VW Beetle donated by the manufacturer became the first car in the Antarctic. It was so good for Antarctic use, being able to withstand temperatures below -50°C and winds above 150 km/h, that it was nicknamed "Red Terror" by the users.