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TIL elevated blood pressure reduces the perception of physical pain and social pain

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BaQe TIL that around 2 out of every 3 people alive today have not yet been on the internet.
W7kvX TIL Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter, was a direct descendant of one of the judges who served in the Salem 1690s witch trials.
E1Kyp TIL in one study that took place in front of an escalator and a parallel staircase, the placement of a motivational poster that promoted using the stairs, doubled the amount of stair use. After removal of the poster, the effect gradually decreased back to zero.
oR1yr TIL that the world’s largest kidney stone, removed from a patient in Sri Lanka, weighed 1.67 lbs (757.5g) and broke 2 world records.
YRxA TIL if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest finisher who has never been linked to doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher