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TIL of the Madigan Foal Squeeze. This treatment for foals that don’t show interest in their mother or nursing simulates the pressure the foal would have felt in the birth canal. It’s thought that the pressure signals the foal’s body to stop producing a sedative that keeps it calm in the womb.

by whatilearned January 24, 2022, 6:59 pm

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TIL that the digestive system is an “open” system because the mouth and the anus open to the outside of the body. Food technically is passing through us on the outside…

by whatilearned January 24, 2022, 1:55 am

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How would you hide a body?

by QuestionGuy January 23, 2022, 4:20 am

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TIL megapodes hatch with open eyes, bodily coordination and strength, full wing feathers, and downy body feathers, and are able to run, pursue prey, and in some species, fly on the same day they hatch.

by whatilearned January 23, 2022, 3:53 am

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TIL of Mary Reeser, a Florida woman in the 1950s whose death was stated to be caused by spontaneous human combustion. When police found her body, only her skull, her backbone, and her left foot in a slipper survived.

by whatilearned January 22, 2022, 9:59 pm

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What do you find to be most a annoying change in your body as you age?

by QuestionGuy January 21, 2022, 9:07 pm

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TIL in 2004, Jessica Simpson sold a line of edible makeup, perfume, and body wash that was discontinued after several lawsuits. One customer claimed the Butterscotch Toffee Body Wash caused a yeast infestion, and another said after using Belly Button Love Potion, she was followed by bees

by whatilearned January 18, 2022, 10:30 pm

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TIL legendary NFL player Jim Thorpe is buried in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Thorpe had no connection to the town, nor had he ever visited. His third wife sold his body to the town rather than having him buried in his native Oklahoma.

by whatilearned January 18, 2022, 5:04 pm

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TIL Alexander Hamilton, a Scottish politician, had such a strong interest in Ancient Egyptian mummies that he arranged for his own body to be mummified and placed in a sarcophagus after his death.

by whatilearned January 18, 2022, 12:51 am

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TIL that six elements make up 99% of the human body

by whatilearned January 17, 2022, 3:09 pm

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What’s the most poorly designed part of the human body?

by QuestionGuy January 14, 2022, 12:30 pm

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TIL Roughly 100,000,000,000 cells die each day in our body and are replaced by other cells. It’s not uncommon for your body to replace an equivalent to its mass each year. The process is called Apoptosis, or “Programmed Cell Death” and plays an important role in preventing cancer.

by whatilearned January 14, 2022, 1:40 am

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