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TIL Women don’t have a higher pain threshold than men, and that at a biological level both are the same.

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4nE5 TIL that the soviets trained dogs to serve as anti-tank bombers, but because they used soviet tanks to train the dogs, the dogs attacked Russian tanks instead of their German targets.
l7WaG TIL the term Heimweh (homesickness) was coined in the 17th century for Swiss mercenaries. It was seen as a medical condition that supposedly only affected the Swiss—until the 19th century, when it was recognized as universal.
l1DV TIL there is a 15 million year gap in the fossil record called “Romer’s Gap”
oRkER TIL That between the 14th and 17th centuries, groups of people in Europe began to dance uncontrollably, and would not stop, and it got to the point where some even died.
5VPR TIL that physicist Robert Lang is one of the world’s leading experts in the art and mathematics of origami. As such, his origami designs have helped in the innovations of airbag safety, heart surgery, and telescopes.