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TIL that Brazilian soccer players play so well because of the increased touches during Futsal, therefor practicing more, resulting in becoming a better soccer player

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w8XE TIL that many countries and at least 9 U.S. states chemically castrate sex offenders.
Oo7Xa TIL according to a 2011 lawsuit the premise of the movie Sister Act was stolen from a nun’s 1987 autobiography detailing a real life similar situation.
p8Vw4 TIL difficulty remembering things is one common symptom of sleep deprivation. Since the brain does not have sufficient time to create new pathways for the information you’ve recently learned, sleep deprivation often affects how memories are consolidated.
yQwDl TIL about the Xoloitzcuintli (pronounced "show-low-eats-QUEENT-lee"), a 3,000-year-old dog breed native to Mexico. Ancient Aztecs named the breed for their dog-headed god Xolotl, and mentions of these “strange hairless dogs” appear in the journals of Columbus and other European explorers.
XEOOQ TIL Manatees regulate their buoyancy by storing and releasing farts