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TIL when babies first start emoting, they sometines turn away in the middle of smiling at you because they're so overwhelmed by joy that they can't handle all the emotion and have to regulate by looking somehwere else. This is known as 'Gaze Aversion' and is used to reduce their heartbeats.

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prb4 TIL that George Washington was bled to death by doctors who were treating him for a cold. Bloodletting was a common medical practice at the time in order to remove “dirty blood,” when in reality it only weakens the patient. Half or more of his blood was removed within a few hours.
N7r5e TIL: Blowing into a Nintendo game cartridge does not fix a game that won’t load by removing dust. The blowing is a placebo. It is the act of removing and reinserting the cartridge into the system that increases the chance of a good connection. Moisture in your breath may even damage your games.
kdwd TIL that male puppies will let female puppies win at play fighting so that they will continue to play with them
VBAEp TIL that “You Are Not Alone“ by Michael Jackson is still banned in Belgium because a court concluded it was possible that R. Kelly, who wrote the song, plagiarized Belgian songwriting brothers Edward and Daniel van Passel.
epx9E TiL that it can be illegal to put laxatives in your own food to prevent someone stealing your lunch. Bummer!