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TIL: Rejection uses the same pathway in the brain as physical pain. Tylanol can help reduce that emotional pain.

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X0A9X TIL that chimney swifts breed in North America, but their wintering location was unknown in 1944. It was discovered when an indigenous Peruvian was seen wearing a necklace made out of the bands scientists had tied to the birds’ legs to track them.
1aYP TIL a feral child abandoned by her parents at the age of 3, was raised by dogs until the age of 8, acquired extremely acute senses of hearing, smell, and sight.
8aE68 TIL: Today’s average teenagers know vastly more about the Milky Way and other galaxies than professional astronomers of 100 years ago.
Wxv4 TIL Between 213-210BC in Ancient China, Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi buried scholars alive (and burned books) in order to unify all thoughts and political opinions and to suppress intellectual discourse.
69GGm TIL that the child actor who voiced Bambi grew up to be the youngest drill instructor in US Army history.