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TIL USA firms profited by selling contaminated blood to UK

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R5Vda TIL when you experience excitement, your thoughts trigger the pituitary gland to tell the adrenal glands to release adrenaline. This pulls blood to your lungs and muscles (to activate your fight-or-flight response) and away from your stomach. Boom! There are your butterflies.
O1og TIL that Tim Curry has been wheelchair bound since having a stroke in 2013.
wLBQ7 TIL California Treefrogs are the only set of frog species that make the "ribbit" sound, which was popularized by Hollywood
8m6P TIL On ‘Three’s Company’ John Ritter’s scrotum is briefly visible through his boxer shorts. John Ritter told the NY Observer “I’ve requested that Nickelodeon air both versions, edited and unedited, because sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don’t”
m1LaY TIL calculus is another word for tartar (hardened dental plaque).