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TIL that lip prints are as unique as someone's fingerprint.

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wo8Q1 TIL a study by researchers at Connecticut College in 2013 discovered that Oreos activate the same “pleasure center” in the brains of lab rats that were activated by cocaine and morphine. The researchers also found that the rats liked to eat the crème filling first
BvDb TIL Eritrea, not North Korea, scores as the country with the least media freedom in the world
7r8YP TIL Isreal is one of the few countries that has mandatory military service for women, and as of 2011, 51% of Israel Defense Forces Officers were women, compared to the United States' 14.2%.
8ad8Z TIL that 5000 years ago people in what is now Scotland carved intricate baseball sized stone balls in varied shapes and we don't know why.
9w7Vp TIL some people don't have an "inner monologue"