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TIL inner speech (AKA the voice inside your head) is accompanied by tiny muscular movements in the larynx

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mxPpo TIL One teaspoon of neutron star equals the weight of around 900 Pyramids of Giza.
PYkBn TIL “the ancient Greeks used spider web clusters to stop bleeding in soldiers. They combined honey and vinegar to clean out the wounds. Then a wad of spider webs would be placed on top and held until the bleeding reduced.”
6KEJ TIL A vegan couple was sentenced to life in prison for the death of their 6-week-old baby boy, who was fed a diet largely consisting of soy milk and apple juice.
kOB6g TIL that there is a 8.5 cm (3.3 in) aluminium astronaut on the moon called the Fallen Astronaut meant to honor astronauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration.
ne4Db TIL when the baby falls sick, mother being so close to the baby also catches the same infection, mother’s body having a relatively mature immune system produces the antibodies against the infection which are then transferred from mother’s body to the baby through breastfeeding.