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TIL That when people in love stare into each other’s eyes, their heartbeats synchronize

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BgoL TIL that sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s are estimated to have killed over 500,000 children. When confronted with this statistic, then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright remarked that this cost was “worth it” to promote regime change
k4Dd TIL that in Canada, if you write a letter to Santa Claus, he will reply to you.
4kbQR TIL budgie brains process speech in a similar manner as humans, which is why they can have such prolific vocabularies
wk0M TIL Cannabis is a stimulant, depressant, and a hallucinogen all in one.
6Eyn8 TIL The Officers That Made the Watergate Arrests Were Dressed as Hippies Because They Had Just Been Undercover to Find Drug Dealers