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TIL: the reason grass makes you itch is because it actually cuts your skin with its serrated edges.

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vREK TIL that there is a german whistleblower who got committed to a mental health center for the criminally insane. Now they found out that he was right.
m9Xp TIL that certain types of music can reduce anxiety in dogs, which can be useful during fireworks, thunderstorms, and separation. In a study when solo piano at 50-60 bpm was played, 85% became more clam, and over half of the dogs went to sleep
nW49b TIL of hemiplegic migraines. A rare type of migraine that has symptoms similar to a stroke.
GYQ1Q TIL Norman Borlaug is an agronomist responsible for saving over a billion lives from starvation due to his work in creating drought and disease resistant crops.
OoLb7 TIL Bootlegging, a popular term used during prohibition during the 1920s, apparently came into general use in the Midwest in the 1880s to denote the practice of concealing flasks of illicit liquor in boot tops when going to trade with Native Americans.