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TIL Sex and alcohol make you happier than kids and religion

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rwnx TIL that King George VI was appalled when the South African government instructed him to only shake hands with white people while on his visit there in 1947. He referred to his South African bodyguards as “the Gestapo”.
agKZ TIL that an English POW in WWI was granted permission to visit his dying mother and voluntarily returned a week later.
MLxb TIL When a species of slime mold was exposed to conditions simulating Tokyo’s topography, it formed a copy of the city’s railway system.
jNawj TIL after the Yankees lost a game, player Phil Linz was playing harmonica on the bus. Manager Yogi Berra shouted for him to stop. Linz didn't hear clearly, and asked Mickey Mantle what he said. Mantle replied "He said play louder." A minor fight ensued, and Berra eventually got fired.
kJeyd TIL that after WW1 the German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and was allowed to seek asylum in the Netherlands. He lived there until his death in 1941.