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TIL that when you splash water on your face, your body instantly begins to prepare your body for free diving, slowing your heart rate and pulling blood into vital organs in what scientist call “the master switch of life”

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Bryor TIL that despite discovering the cure for scurvy as early as 1497 by Vasco de Gama's crew, it was repeatedly forgotten, discredited, 'rediscovered' and messed around for hundreds of years despite scientific research. It continued killing people till Vitamin C was finally isolated in 1932
8aVmK TIL about Alien Hand Syndrome, a condition in which a person loses conscious control of one of their hands, and it seemingly acts as if it has a mind of its own. There is no known cure, although symptoms can be managed to some degree by keeping the alien hand occupied with something to play with.
9YXmG TIL that humans have patterns that are invisible under normal conditions - we have stripes. They follow a "V" shape over the back, "S" shaped whirls over the chest and sides, and wavy shapes on the head.
GYD9j TIL that obesity is the second leading cause of preventable cancers. Also topping the carts is poor diet, lack of exercise, and alcohol consumption.
6EbDm TIL Australian children's author Jackie French wrote a critically acclaimed novel called "Hitler's Daughter". Hitler's secret daughter, Heidi, escaped from the ruins of Berlin and emigrated to Australia, where she grew old and eventually revealed the truth to her granddaughter