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TIL ear wax production can increase with stress or fear.
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Mk60
TIL When Julius Caesar was captured and held hostage by pirates, he told them he would crucify them all personally. The pirates took it as a joke, but when the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, captured the pirates, and crucified them.
bL00
TIL The Milky Way, Andromeda, and all the nearby galaxies are being pulled into something that we can’t see that is tens of thousands of times more massive than our galaxy, called The Great Attractor.
9wVem
TIL the truck from Big Trouble in Little China ended up being owned by a trucker in Vermont, who drove it as a work truck
9lyD
TIL that the foaming agent in shampoo, toothpaste, and laundry detergent is a marketing scheme to give a feel of cleanliness, but does nothing in and of itself. (The Power of Habit, cited)
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TIL that scientists had to rename genes because MS Excel would convert those names into dates