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TIL Researchers in Tokyo have developed a mirror that tweaks the viewer’s reflection in real-time to make it look like they’re smiling. The projected application for this tech is for use in shopping mall bathrooms, in hopes that happier shoppers will buy more.

GOZ4 TIL that music label “Fat Wreck Chords” has never been a member of the RIAA. The label fought for three years to have their name removed from the list of RIAA members, only to have it re-added. They are battling again to have it removed.
8l7P TIL During the filming of Bill Maher’s movie, Religulous, he used the fake film title “A Spiritual Journey” to get his interviews.
d8m6d TIL of a top secret US Cold War project "Iceworm" to build nuclear missile sites under the Greenland ice sheet. Abandoned due to ice instability it was assumed the chemical and radioactive waste would remain under the ice forever. It's now predicted this waste will re-enter the environment in 2100.
Yp67x TIL Aunt Sally was a game played in England. An Aunt Sally was originally the modelled head of an old woman with a clay pipe in her mouth; the object was for players to throw sticks at the head in order to break the pipe. The target could also be a live person, a puppet, or ball on a stick.
Oo6kL TIL dogs have musical tastes. The Scottish SPCA and University of Glasgow monitored dogs' heartrates while playing different kinds of music and found that most dogs "prefer reggae and soft rock," though each individual dog also had its own preferences.