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TIL that scientists believe that early human ancestors used to have three eyelids. One of the eyelids eventually became the small fold in the corner of human eyes today.

by whatilearned July 3, 2022, 3:36 pm

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Scientists have discovered a new type of polar bear. It can live in both the North and South poles, is prone to extreme mood swings and has shown interest in other bears of both genders.

by cringeyjokesman July 2, 2022, 9:07 pm

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I read somewhere that scientists surveyed a bunch of gay men. They found that 45% of them felt they were born that way.

by cringeyjokesman June 26, 2022, 4:58 pm

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TIL that Alexander the Great was accidentally buried alive. Scientists believe Alexander suffered from a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré Syndrome. They believe that when he died he was actually just paralyzed and mentally aware.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 11:22 am

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TIL that it wasn’t until 1875 that scientists figured out where babies come from

by whatilearned June 19, 2022, 11:56 pm

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TIL while dogs can tell humans are a different species, scientists believe that cats may simply think of humans as big, hairless, clumsy cats.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 1:33 am

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TIL the term used by scientists to describe “falling” into a black hole: spaghettification.

by whatilearned June 8, 2022, 3:19 pm

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TIL scientists once swapped DNA cells between a human zygote and a mouse zygote to see what would happen. While the mouse zygote was able to reprogram and become a mouse, the human zygote “soon died” in every attempt, with no clear view on what would form.

by whatilearned June 8, 2022, 9:21 am

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TIL that in 2017 scientists at U of Bonn found that the same wine tastes better when labelled with a higher price tag, a phenomenon known as the “marketing placebo effect.” Participants were given two samples, one €6 and one €18. Most rated the latter higher though they were from the same bottle.

by whatilearned June 6, 2022, 9:27 pm

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TIL An Octopus in a lab would escape from it’s tank, climb into another to eat fish & then return to it’s own before the scientists came back and caught it. That’s how clever they are.

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 2:05 pm

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TIL Scientists at the Parkes radio telescope in Australia spent 17 years trying to identify powerful but extremely short radio bursts that would appear at seemingly random intervals. In 2015 they finally identified the cause: a microwave oven at the facility being opened prematurely.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 4:06 pm

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Husband: “Scientists have found that men say about 10,000 words a day, while women say about 20,000…”

by cringeyjokesman May 28, 2022, 12:33 pm

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