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TIL stress is the #5 killer of Americans… but only if they believe stress is bad

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b9glZ TIL lionfish are an invasive species in the Atlantic and are detrimental to native fish stocks because of how fast they can breed. Scientists have traced their DNA back to a few sources that they think were "set free" by aquarium owners in the 80's
NrwE TIL that during the filming of Django Unchained, Leonardo DiCaprio stopped mid-scene because he was having “a difficult time” using so many racial slurs. Samuel L. Jackson then pulled him aside telling him, “mother fucker, this is just another Tuesday for us.”
VBlm TIL: Legend has it that in the 12th century there was a Church in England that would give free bacon to any man who could swear he hadn’t argued with his wife in a year
rQ6o TIL that a 40-year-old violent feud between villages in Philippines was solved after the women of the villages threatened to withhold sex from the men if they continued fighting. The villages returned to peace within two weeks.
nWjvW TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century.