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TIL that shyness can be attributed to reduced daylength during gestation

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VB5YZ TIL wage-price spiral refers to the strong mutual link and between wage growth and inflation.
negNP TIL During the Great Depression, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps planted over 3 billion trees in the US in under ten years.
7rAab TIL of Paul D. Hubbard (1871–1946) who was a deaf American football player who is credited with inventing the modern huddle. Hubbard was a quarterback on the Gallaudet football team and he started the huddle to prevent the opposing team from reading their sign language.
yQYjV TIL about Kirigami a variation of origami that includes cutting of the paper, rather than solely folding the paper as is the case with origami, but typically does not use glue.
XKWR TIL that once a year since 1909, congress plays a baseball games on party lines. Some have hit homeruns out of MLB regulation parks in their 70’s. Wins: Democrats 39, Republicans 41, Ties: 1