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TIL that close physical proximity may help to increase the levels of Oxytocin in men, thereby increasing the potential for faithfulness among men in monogamous relationships.

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ANgOa TIL that two different women with no known connections attempted to assassinate then-president Gerald Ford within 17 days of one another in 1975.
69dv8 TIL: Apples are only in season between Sept and Nov but Controlled Atmosphere Storage has allowed us to consume apples all year round.
l7nra TIL that when a massive star goes supernova, it produces a flash of light so bright that can equal the combined light of every other star in the galaxy. One such event happened in 1054, it was so bright the light was visible during the day for a month and was still visible for 2 years afterwards.
kOB01 TIL that, in 1943, four boys in Worcestershire found a skeleton inside a tree trunk, with its hand some distance away. In 1944, graffiti was found nearby saying "Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm", along with other messages. Neither the skeleton nor the writer of the graffiti has ever been identified.
668X TIL During Chernobyl’s meltdown, 3 volunteers dove into a radioactive pool to open a pipe. They died but prevented an explosion 10X bigger than Hiroshima.