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TIL in a study that examined the difference in brain activity of women during real and faked orgasms, researchers inadvertantly discovered that test subjects reached orgasm 80% of the time while wearing socks versus 50% without.

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d8kZK TIL Olfactory adaptation is the reason we are unable to smell ourselves or the stench of our regularly lived environments.
XkrE TIL Hydrangea flowers are a naturally occurring pH indicator, turning pink in basic soil and blue in acidic soil
OGBN1 TIL that the lyrics of "Bad Moon Rising" from CCR where often misheard as "there's a bathroom on the right", especially during live performances - prompting John Fogerty to occasionally sing it wrong on purpose to confuse the audience even more.
NXLXe TIL A chicken once lived for 18 months without a head. In the 1940s in the US, a chicken called Mike lived for 18 months without a head. He had been almost completely beheaded with an axe, but crucially the jugular vein and most of the brainstem were left intact.
4Xxlg TIL there is a Jeff Goldblum day every July 13th in Pittsburgh