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Several years ago, Great Britain funded a study to determine why the head on a man’s penis is larger than the shaft.

by cringeyjokesman January 21, 2022, 8:23 pm

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TIL that a 2017 study showed that US patients treated by international medical school graduates had significantly lower mortality rates than those treated by US medical school graduates

by whatilearned January 20, 2022, 2:04 am

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TIL there are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way. A study led by Yale University researches with scientists from 15 different countries arrived at an estimate of 3,000,000,000,000 (3 trillions) of trees, by combining on-the-ground study with satellite imaging.

by whatilearned January 19, 2022, 12:34 pm

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TIL Arctic Shrews are solitary animals. One study showed that if you place two shrews in the same cage, one will be dead within days, even without showing any signs of injury

by whatilearned January 16, 2022, 9:35 pm

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TIL that Logic’s song ‘1800-273-8255’ saved hundreds of lives because it is the number for the suicide prevention hotline, says study. After he performed the song in 2018 at the Grammys, suicide rates among 10-19 year olds dropped by 5.5 percent.

by whatilearned January 12, 2022, 1:00 pm

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Medieval warhorses no bigger than modern-day ponies, study finds | Archaeology

by HistoryBuff January 12, 2022, 11:59 am

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TIL a study showed receipts expose retail workers, consumers to ‘worrying’ levels of cancer-linked chemicals

by whatilearned January 9, 2022, 11:42 pm

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TIL about Tonsil Stones. They’re deposits that grow in your tonsils up to several cm in size. A 2007 study found 75% of participants with bad breath (halitosis) had tonsil stones. They can cause throat and ear infections and a persistent bad taste in the mouth.

by whatilearned December 13, 2021, 4:42 pm

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TIL in the UK, A study for disappearances looked at 96 fatal cases, 53% of all male disappearances occur in the months December January and February, with 22% of those cases occurring in December between Christmas and new years eve. And 89% of bodies are found in canals, rivers, lakes or harbours.

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 4:10 am

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TIL: China creates so much synthetic diamonds that are identical to real diamonds that prices of diamonds are being driven down and De Beers has created a university to study how to identify “natural” and “man made” diamonds because no experts can tell the difference.

by whatilearned December 7, 2021, 5:47 pm

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A prison did a study on inmate morale by building them a fully accessible library

by cringeyjokesman December 4, 2021, 2:15 pm

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TIL a 2017 study found that the average adult currently enjoys sex 54 times a year, which equates to about once a week. Another study published in 2015 found that the once weekly frequency was the Goldilocks standard for happiness.

by whatilearned December 4, 2021, 4:35 am

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