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TIL that people will judge pictures of faces as more attractive if their own faces have partially been morphed into the picture. If too much (>22%) is morphed in, the attractiveness-ratings plumit: An evolutionary mechanism to ensure avoiding inbreeding, researchers say

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epwrE TIL about Thomas Salme, a Swedish airplane mechanic with no flying experience, using fake credentials flew 13 years for several international airlines with his only source of training being an early version of Flight Simulator.
wL1QE TIL NASA had a moon race scare when the Zond 5 crew capable spacecraft was sent around the moon (September 1968) and returned to Earth. Voices of 3 cosmonauts were heard from the spacecraft discussing telemetry and even a landing attempt. The craft had no crew and the transmission was faked.
nZDd TIL that apple orchards rent thousands of bees in hives from bee keepers to pollinate their trees in the spring. After a couple weeks when the trees have been pollinated the bee keeper comes back for his hives and transports them to the next orchard in need.
EGZV TIL that from the 1860s to the mid 1970s many US cities had ‘Ugly Laws’ making it illegal for people with visible disabilities to appear in public
pOYb TIL atop a hill near Columbine HS, memorial crosses were erected for Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold along with those for the people they killed. The father of Daniel Rohrbough (the 2nd student to be killed) cut them down, saying that murderers should not be memorialized in the same place as victims.