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TIL Yawning is not contagious for children with Autism due to the inattention to facial cues rather than lack of empathy.

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9DbG TIL Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote a Second Bill of Rights that included financial freedom from monopolies and unfair competition.
gMjL TIL In 1933 there was an attempted coup against FDR by a group of business men.
nev6Y TIL Hawaii is made up of hundreds of islands that span 1500 miles, not just the 8 that most people know
nBE7 TIL The fake prop money used in Rush Hour 2 was too accurate. After extras tried to spend what was left lying around after the climax was filmed, the Secret Service raided and seized $100 million in fake bills from the prop maker and accused them of counterfeiting.
BgmDx TIL about Cher Ami, a WWI homing pigeon who was shot through the chest, blinded in one eye, and flying with a nearly severed leg—yet still delivered a message that saved 194 men, earned a Croix de Guerre, and now rests in the Smithsonian.