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TIL One of most powerful releases of oxytocin is stimulation of the nipples, also kissing!

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mmKY TIL No one knows where the word “dog” originally came from. Appearing without cognates in Old English, it displaced the more common “hound” within 400 years and went on to find its way into 7 other European languages.
PY5LZ TIL a boat in the UK named the Lydia Eva is the last surviving steam drifter boat in the world
BrOey TIL, In 1325, two Italian city-states fought over a bucket which resulted in 2,000 deaths. It started when two soldiers stole a bucket from a well from the city center. This is called The Battle of Zappolino (also known as the War of the Oaken Bucket)
nyAB TIL that most of the dialogue in the original Iron Man film was ad-libbed by Robert Downey Jr, and that Gwyneth Paltrow had more trouble matching him with a suitable line, since she never knew what he would say next.
46Xo TIL Los Angeles has an abandoned subway system..