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TIL: 2% of Maryland Crabs are from Maryland

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ADYxo TIL McDonald’s lost millions in a 1984 Olympics promotional giveaway when Soviet nations boycotted the Olympics and the US dominated the events.
v1GMR TIL about the Still Face Experiment, where infants showed they can experience great distress when they are not smiled at and responded to.
j6Yn TIL The country of Bhutan measures “Gross National Hapiness” as opposed to “Gross National Product,” and is commited to building an economy that would serve it’s unique culture.
v1bbj Today I learned that during the The Bubonic Plague,Jews were accused of poisoning water wells and as a result were burned alive at the stake by Christians.
W7jyL TIL that Paraguay has been an independent country since 1811, over 200 years ago.