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TIL Scientists have known cloth masks helped prevent infections from respiratory droplets since 1897

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67AJ TIL that when a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time due to the lack of light pollution.
4Xv7w TIL an Aztec nobleman wrote about a Samurai who visited America and got into a fight with the Spanish over presents.
l7GJG TIL that one theory suggests that human hair loss, particularly on the face and genitals, is linked to enhanced emotional communication. By shedding fur, humans could more effectively express and perceive nonverbal cues through facial color changes.
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b157 TIL Because of South Park’s Scientology episode, The Church of Scientology hired people to spy on Matt and Trey to find something on them to use for blackmail. The Church became frustrated when their investigation turned up nothing but the fact that they’re pretty normal people.