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TIL: ASL works just fine in microgravity.

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XEO1Q TIL following the suicide of a the famous Korean actor Choi Jin-sil the frequency of suicide in Korea increased by 162,2% for 3 weeks confirming the "Werther effect," that a suicide can cause others to also commit suicide
9LZB TIL a lost wallet is more likely to be returned if you have a photo of a baby in it. In a 2009 study, 88% of wallets with a baby photo were returned, followed by wallets with a photo of a puppy (53%), family (48%) and an old couple (28%). Only 15% of control wallets were returned.
r5Z0 TIL the wheel was invented thousands of years after boats, woven cloth, rope, sewing needles, baskets and even the flute.
4kBrR TIL when a cartoon character pulls something out of a hidden pocket it is referred to as Hammerspace: an imaginary extradimensional, instantly accessible storage area in fiction, which is used to explain how animated, comic, and game characters can produce objects out of thin air.
9YQnp TIL Zeus created humans as balls with 2 heads, 4 arms & legs. He cut them in half because they were rolling around displaying too much power. After mutilating them, he felt bad. So he let the 2 halves embrace each other through sex, giving them a short sensation of their prior powers through orgasm.