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TIL that the sea level is rising everywhere in the world, except along the coasts of Finland and Sweden. But even though the sea is still rising here, it’s just that the land is rising faster

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BjoW TIL that the scent of a woman crying triggers a dramatic decrease in levels of testosterone and sexual arousal in the majority of men. And that men are subconsciously able to differentiate between genuine tears, and those that are forced.
WkvmY TIL that there was a conspiracy theory that the Vatican supported the Confederacy and that Pope Pius IX orchestrated the death of Abraham Lincoln.
awYxJ TIL, smokers are exposed to some of the highest levels of radiation on earth from the radioactive traces of Polonium and Lead in tobacco.
MDpV TIL that, until its demolition in 2012, approximately 1% of Greenland’s entire population lived in one apartment building called Blok P.