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TIL reading for 6 minutes a day reduces stress by 68%.

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BrRZe TIL: Rabbits were domesticated due to Pope Gregory the Great ruling that young rabbits were not classified as meat so Christians could eat them during lent
lorRB TIL that Kevin Hines attempted suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge and after hitting the water, he was kept afloat by a Sea Lion until the Coast Guard arrived.
e0PE6 TIL that in 1962, elephant bones were discovered under the Vatican. Decades later, it was discovered that they were the bones of Pope Leo X's pet elephant Hanno, who died in 1516 after doctors (in an attempt to treat constipation) inserted a gold enema up its rectum.
9o9r TIL That obsidian knives are so sharp they cut on a cellular level. Due to this, when used in the medical field, incisions made with the blade heal faster with less scarring.