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TIL that "right-wing" and "left-wing" labels originated from the French Revolution, in which anti-royalists sat on the left of the French National Assembly hall and pro-royalty sat on the right.

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78laX TIL the 2005 NASA Authorization Act established the ISS National Lab on the US segment of the International Space Station. This act opened up the station for academic, private and government access to many of the space stations research facilities.
DYAp TIL people who think they wake up just before their alarm goes off have brain waves showing they were asleep. They may simply be remembering — or not forgetting — the moments just before waking, while forgetting the rest of their sleep.
x66Qk TIL Gunslinger effect, The quantum physicist Niels Bohr deducted that in a gun dual, the person who draws first loses.
roao TIL that a low concentration of THC in a driver’s bloodstream has been associated with safer driving and a lower accident rate.
xXoo TIL that there are “new” colors such as blue-yellow and red-green that can’t normally be perceived.