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TIL all humans are capable of hibernating.

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AKZ7 TIL a German study found women cry on average between 30 and 64 times a year, and men cry on average between 6 and 17 times per year.
9wA1Q TIL the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Marie-Thérèse, was Queen of France for 20 minutes, the time between Charles X signing his abdication in favor of her husband and her husband, Louis Antoine, signing his abdication in favor of his nephew. Despite that, Louis Philippe became king.
l5oN TIL that the Church of Scientology has a compound in CA called Gold Base that is guarded by snipers and armed gate guards. It houses a prison that practices torture, and a paramilitary training school.
N7MWQ TIL of Furies of Calderon, a bestselling fantasy novel based on both Pokémon and the Roman empire that was written to prove that any good writer can make a book about not one, but two terrible ideas.
aR7b TIL: French schoolchildren use a 3D-printed clitoris to learn about female pleasure during sexual education