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TIL that you spend 40 minutes of each day blind

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41gw TIL that it is a myth your metabolism slows with age. The reason you tend to gain weight is a decrease in physical activity over time.
nW5OP TIL about the Weissenberg effect: when you stir certain unusual liquids, they sometimes climb up the stirring rod instead of being pushed outward. This strange behavior happens with some non-Newtonian fluids (liquids that don't flow like water) and is used in some manufacturing processes.
v1GrK TIL of Jonathan Reed, a man who loved his wife so much that when she died, he moved into her tomb. He decorated it like a home and even brought their parrot to live with them. “My only pleasure is to sit here with all that is left of her.”
6EQrQ TIL the Finnish Air Force Academy still uses a swastika on its flag, as this kind of cross was used by the Sami shamans in pre-Christian Finland in relation with Horagalles, the Thunder God
6pJW TIL the “Tree That Owns Itself” is a white oak tree in Athens, GA, that is widely assumed to legally own itself and the eight feet of land surrounding it. According to newspapers, a deed written by Colonel William Jackson was written to the tree, giving ownership of the land to itself in the 1800s.