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TIL that former FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, liked to write on the margin of memos. One time, he read a memo w/ narrow margins, and replied “Watch the borders!” The next week was met w/ mass confusion, as multiple inquiries were sent to Border Patrol inquiring about any suspicious border activity.

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0w08y TIL that in the 1400’s to the 1600’s the people of the Czech Republic protested corrupt politicians by throwing people out of windows, an act known as Defenestrations of Prague(the capital city of Czech.)
0dGbv TIL that certain patterns and correlations in eye-tracking data may reveal the user’s sex, age, ethnicity, personality traits, drug-consumption habits, emotions, fears, skills, interests, sexual preferences, and physical and mental health.
8pkG TIL that Body Odor plays into attraction. If you like someone’s body odor it means they are genetically dissimilar to you which makes your offspring healthier. (Oh and the test worked on gay people, too)…
LkOMQ TIL of the Phantom Time Hypothesis, which states that 297 years of history (AD 614-911) were completely made up, and that we actually live in the 1700s.
vjYB TIL a 500lb bluefin tuna fish sold in Japan for 1.8 million dollars.