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TIL each side of a beach towel serves a different purpose

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wLPLM TIL about the bradycardic response, a phenomenon where infants, when submerged in water, reflexively hold their breath as their heart rate slows and any water ingested is directed to the stomach. This reflex disappears around 6 months of age.
KkrJ TIL anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone’s caravan of guards would travel 100 mph to avoid an assassination. The Sicilian Mafia ultimately killed him by using half a ton of explosives to blow up a highway and the explosion registered on local earthquake monitors
pYxgN TIL about Genie, a feral child who was tied up in her father's bathroom for most of her childhood and never developed the ability to speak. Despite massive advances in Genie's social skills and non-verbal communication - Genie never learned how to acquire language after her rescue.
OodNY TIL about Moss Hills, an entertainer aboard the cruise ship Oceanos who, after the ship began to sink in violent seas and most of the crew fled in panic, worked alongside fellow entertainers and the cruise director to help passengers evacuate. Not a single life out of the 550 passengers was lost.
OGGm7 TIL that roughly 99% of the world's population will be in daylight on July 8th at 7:15am ET. About 6.4 billion people will be in daytime while 1.2 billion will be in twilight.