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TIL only 4% of people are born on the due date

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6ExKX TIL about 'Capture Myopathy' where a captured animal dies from the mere exertion of being captured.
VMYRm TIL that laughter is the 2nd leading cause of asthma attacks behind exercise and ahead of all of the allergens
OoKW4 TIL that when flatworms go to space, they can grow two heads. Usually a flatworm will regrow its head and tail after they are cut off, but one with its head and tail removed regrew two heads and a second mouth. (The flatworm's mouth is located on its belly.)
WkNP8 TIL that Godzilla was named an official citizen and tourism ambassador of Japan in 2015.
b6ob4 TIL about James Shields, an American Politician who has the distinction of being the only person in U.S. history to serve as a Senator for three different states; he represented Illinois from 1849 to 1855, Minnesota from 1858 to 1859, and Missouri in 1879.