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TIL that the placebo effect can have measureable physical effects on the body such as immune response and inflammation

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JYP98 TIL that sometimes horses grow moustaches.
jLYn TIL if conditions aren’t right tadpoles remain tadpoles until conditions improve even living through winters in their ponds
BrX1L TIL of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. The mysterious unsolved death of 9 hikers who tore through their tents naked in sub-0 temperatures. 7 died of hypothermia, one of a fractured skull, one female team member had her tongue and eyes missing. Offical cause of death: "unknown compelling force"
8kjL TIL that the chanting in Star Wars’ iconic song “Duel of the Fates” is not a gibberish alien language, but a Sanskrit translation of a medieval Welsh poem. Other chants in the Star Wars series make use of Sanskrit as well.
rR4ey TIL that the worst player in FIFA 2018, German Tommy Käßemodel, isn’t even a professional soccer player, but the kit man of the team.