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TIL that in a brain scan, feelings of being in love and being on cocaine look almost identical.

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7woZ TIL that the first c-section was performed by James Barry in 1815, a surgeon with an accomplished military career, who on his deathbed in 1865 it was discovered that he was female
W7v9N TIL that feeding deer too much deer corn is catastrophic for their health. It encourages the build-up of acid in the hooves, called laminitis. This acid is painful when the deer walk, so they lean on the other hooves. Since the hooves aren't properly getting worn down from walking, they grow!
XEXmP TIL that Guinness drinkers with moustaches are unknowingly wasting an estimated 162,719 pints every year by trapping it in their facial hair
LDPQ TIL that in Jewish folklore, Adam had a wife named Lilith before Eve was created.
KYDRE TIL about Art Ackerman, who at the age of 94 has the oldest active weekly radio show in the world. He broadcasts a two hour swing jazz show once a week on KDNK in Carbondale, Colorado.