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TIL: 1 in 5 German parents regrets having children and would prefer to live their life without them.

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0bAA TIL that Mr. T’s wearing of gold chains and other jewelry was a result of customers losing the items or leaving them after a fight at the night club where he was a bouncer. He would stand out front wearing the items in case a customer who was kicked out from the club came back looking for them.
wo8Q1 TIL a study by researchers at Connecticut College in 2013 discovered that Oreos activate the same “pleasure center” in the brains of lab rats that were activated by cocaine and morphine. The researchers also found that the rats liked to eat the crème filling first
j6Mjv TIL that the most recent common ancestor of all current European monarchs lived in the 18th century
1aZL4 TIL very tall dinosaurs had air sacs in their body, reducing their weight. This is thought to be why and how they could get so tall without collapsing from gravity.
lByr Announcement: TIL has reached 3 million people.