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TIL that space travel gives astronauts a feeling of being completely engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness

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78nEX TIL that the official residence of the US vice president is on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory to save money and that, by law, it is still officially the "official temporary residence" of the vice president.
ANK0l TIL Newsweek has not used fact-checkers since 1996.
x6Vv1 TIL: In 2003, there was a real Trolley car scenario in which authorities actively chose to endanger fewer people than doing nothing
9YPVX TIL that in a 1996 study, 34% of non-homophobic males and 80% of homophobic males became aroused with gay porn. The study used 64 straight males.
ebEg TIL that in 1842, Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, became a Mason. Shortly thereafter, he introduced a “sacred” temple ceremony to the Mormons (still in use today) which borrowed heavily from the Masonic initiation ceremony.