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Til That If Horses Have A Hard Time Sweating, They Can Be Given Beer To Help

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jDPa TIL that the Brandy Daisy, a cocktail of citrus juice and brandy, was the forerunner of the Margarita. Margarita is the Spainish name for Daisy.
PYEmL TIL that researchers found that telling yourself “I don’t eat unhealthy food” helps you resist the temptation to eat that food better than telling yourself “I can’t eat unhealthy food”.
R5B5w TIL The vertebrate with the smallest brain to body mass ratio is the deep sea "bathypelagic bony-eared assfish"
X0MDk TIL that you instinctively rub a body part after hitting it bc of the gate control theory of pain. Rubbing it creates non-painful input which closes the nerve "gates" to painful input, thereby preventing pain from traveling to the central nervous system.
oBwQr TIL that "Five-O" being slang for "police" was inspired by the TV show "Hawaii Five-0" (and not the other way around). "Hawaii Five-0" was named that in honor of Hawaii being the 50th state to join the United States