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TIL that gelatin is obtained by boiling cattle and pig carcasses.

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9YmDD TIL 20% of humans have sensory processing sensitivity - a greater sensitivity and responsiveness to the environment and to social stimuli. Studies show these individuals are strongly affected by others' moods, and have a higher brain activation of regions involved in attention and action planning.
1PQP TIL that smaller creatures experience time much faster than we do, so to them we seem to be moving in slow motion.
9YOgQ TIL It's impossible to sneeze while you're dreaming.
QJQrM TIL that all plants of the same stock of bamboo will bloom at the same time, and then die, no matter where they are in the world. Usually once every hundred years or so.
N0mJ TIL scientists are researching a chemical/drug that dramatically reduces alcohol/BAC levels in the blood, which has the potential to be used to sober people up in a very short time.