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TIL You are taller in the morning. When you sleep, your spine stretches out, making you slightly taller when you first wake up. Throughout the day, gravity causes you to compress again.

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VMPNm TIL a study in 2019 found the average American hasn’t made a new friend in five years, and 45 percent of adults say they find it difficult to make friends in general.
9PD TIL that athletes can compete as independent Olympians (not under a country’s flag) at the Olympic Games
LknMV TIL that in 1977, the FBI started to build a tunnel under the Soviet Embassy in Washington D.C to eavesdrop on the Soviets; the construction took years, was riddled with complications, and worse yet - the Soviets knew about the tunnel because of a tip-off