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TIL human decomposition begins 4 minutes after death, its called autolysis, or self-digestion. Blood circulation and respiration stop. Excess carbon dioxide causes an acidic environment, causing membranes in cells to rupture. Enzymes begin eating the cells from the inside out.

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mxnoE TIL: Wesley Autrey, a man who saved a student’s life after they had a seizure and fell onto the tracks at a station. A train was approaching. Westley leapt onto the tracks and threw himself over the student. All but two cars still passed over them, close enough to leave grease on Westley’s cap.
b9ymj TIL that Italian is often the second language of most older native Italians, and while the locals are said to speak different, they actually predate modern Italian which became the national language in 1861. The “dialects” are often so different that locals can’t understand the other dialects
GRX4 TIL the familiar ‘valentine’ logo at the beginning and ending of 'I Love Lucy’ wasn’t added until the show went into syndication. The show was originally sponsored by Philip Morris, and began with Lucy and Ricky dancing around a huge pack of cigarettes.
Me94a TIL eye movements predict aspects of our personality. Studies utilizing machines which encode different eye movements reliably predict four of the Big Five personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness) as well as perceptual curiosity only from eye movements.
80pL TIL that when Elvis’ girlfriend tried to introduce him to Scientology, he said, “Fuck those people! There’s no way I’ll ever get involved with that son-of-a-bitchin’ group. All they want is my money.”