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TIL that a “Gay Face” is scientifically verifiable.

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9wppm TIL Chevrolet’s first V8 was 288 cu. in. (4.7 L) and only produced 36hp at 2700 rpm.
MJm7 TIL during The Battle of Shiloh in the Civil war, many of the soldiers’ wounds glowed. Those with these glowing wounds healed faster, and thus the wounds were dubbed the “Angel’s Glow”.
GAY65 TIL that the popular manga/anime One Punch Man was inspired by the even more popular children's anime An Pan Man. The characters are a play on each other with their color schemes reversed and the play on names(One Punch Man pronounced Wan Pan Man in Japanese).
7r15Z TIL performance artists Teching Hsieh & Linda Montano spent one year tied to each other at the waist with an 8-foot-long rope. They had to stay in the same room while indoors (including at Montano's teaching job); and they were not allowed to touch each other until the end of the one-year period.
5Y4XB TIL Jim Carey auditioned for SNL three times but was never cast