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TIL Blood donors in Sweden get a text message whenever their blood saves someone's life

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5RKD TIL the reason your body temp raises while you have a fever is because most bacteria cannot reproduce above 102°F
1aXeO TIL about Aphrodite Areia, the Warlike and Armoured version of Aphrodite worshipped by the Spartans.
BABk TIL that there is little evidence that Kim Jong-il and the North Korean media ever claimed that he made any kind of improbable golf score. Even North Korean officials say it is an urban myth.
JY9mj TIL about "Burusera" or the sexualized attraction to the underwear or uniforms of young women. In Japan burusera shops used to be common and schoolgirls once openly participated in the sale of their used clothing.
V09m TIL In the Vietnam War, the US military produced recordings of ghostly voices and eerie sounds to play to the Vietcong, who believed that if a body wasn’t buried, the person’s soul would wander the Earth forever