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TIL Darwin proposed that nodding for “yes” and head-shaking for “no” is a common cross-cultural gesture because it has its roots in basic human instincts related to breast feeding

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6x1X TIL there’s a condition called “Hero Syndrome,” where people will search for heroism/recognition by deliberately creating a situation for themselves to resolve. This is known to affect civil servants such as firefighters, nurses, and police.
jNj0v TIL that the American Indian tribes removed to Oklahoma in the "Trail of Tears" were considered "civilized" and had adopted "Christianity, centralized governments, literacy, market participation, written constitutions, intermarriage with white Americans, and plantation slavery practices"
9vBX TIL necrophilia is still legal in Louisiana, although the debate is still up in the air about the right to have oral and anal sex
yRdw TIL Shakespeare invented the name Jessica for the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’
WkDaA TIL that Japanese is either written vertically from top to bottom, or horizontally from left to right, or horizontally from RIGHT to left! Sometimes, both vertical and horizontal writing can be found on the same page.