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TIL Men and Women Misperceive What the Opposite Sex Finds Attractive. Women overestimated men's preference for thinness in female partners. At the same time, men overestimated women's preference for muscularity in male partners.

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D1MMV TIL a starfish does not have the capacity to plan its actions. If one arm detects an attractive odor, it becomes dominant and temporarily over-rides the other arms to initiate movement towards the prey.
Bgy5K TIL evidence shows that quantum tunneling particles may move faster than the speed of light
pNm8 TIL Army researchers are investigating ways to incorporate 3-D printing technology into producing food for Soldiers.
D10Or TIL that Cummingtonite, discovered in Cummington, MA, is an intermediate material with the chemical composition (Mg, Fe2+)2(Mg, ​Fe2+)5Si8O22(OH)2 found commonly in metamorphosed magnesium-rich rocks.
BrkjD TIL of the Colt clan incest case - an Australian family discovered in 2012, engaged in four generations of incest beginning in the 1970s. The family grew to 40 members. The members' true identities remain unknown to the public.