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TIL about "laptop thigh."

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GY7oG TIL that laughing while being tickled is actually a defensive mechanism because our bodies anticipate pain and automatically try to show submission to an aggressor.
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wLgYY TIL that in the 1950's, pilots of massive B47's would practice rolling the huge planes upside down while 'tossing' nuclear bombs out, because it helped pilots escape the area faster, avoiding blast damage
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