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TIL that staring into someone's eyes for ten minutes straight may cause disassociation and hallucinations.

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R75o7 TIL the tendency of people to focus on bad events and memories more than good ones (even when there is more good than bad) is because it could have an evolutionary basis related to survival, where attention is higher on possible bad outcomes than the good
epZYn TIL in Sep. 2022, a satellite was launched into an asteroid and changed its shape and orbit.
xBLk TIL according to OkCupid, by age 30 the average iPhone user will have about 10 to 12 sexual partners… while the average Android user will have about 6
7rm4b TIL Ice cream originated in Ancient China
9Yk0p TIL that in 2006, a Sudanese man was caught committing beastiality with a neighbor’s goat. The goat’s owner insisted that since the criminal had treated the goat as his wife, he should have to marry it. Thus, the man was forced to pay a dowry of $75 USD and “married” the goat.