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TIL Warner Bros donates royalties made from their Tasmanian Devil character to help fight a facial tumour that is decimating the native species

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1aex8 TIL: Sunglasses make people look more attractive because they give the illusion of a chiseled bone structure on top of a soft-featured face. The dark lenses cover up any asymmetrical oddities around eyes.
ZW5p TIL that if batteries had advanced at the same pace as computer processors, a double a cell would contain more energy than a tactical nuke!
b9EnE TIL Joe Exotic was actually married 5 times in total
e0plJ TIL there is a hormone called "Relaxin" that Relaxes pelvic ligaments to help with pregnancy.
Em4o TIL that the person who designed Star Wars’ Darth Maul was instructed to make Maul “a vision from your worst nightmare”, and based the original design on an actual nightmare he had. When he presented the design to George Lucas, Lucas shuddered and told him “Give me your second worst nightmare”.