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TIL after the Vietnam War and Watergate Scandal, Captain America became so disillusioned with the US government he became “The Nomad”

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E1Nyo TIL that Elizabeth Taylor once reached out to Marlyin Monroe privately and told her “No matter what they write about me, Marilyn, I never deny it. I never confirm it. I just keep smiling and walking forward. You do the same." after the press constantly tried to pit the two against each other.
4kbw6 TIL that baby carrots are just cut up pieces of normal carrots, and not a different plant.
VWP0 TIL that according to neuroscientist ‘Sam Harris’; humans are just robots without real freewill, and that our brain activity can been used to predict our decisions up to 10 seconds before we become consciously aware of it.
Bg7Kb TIL about tonsil stones, mineralized debris that collect in the crevices of your throat and occur in 1 out of 10 people.
x6eak TIL Public toilet seats are U-shaped because the American Standard National Plumbing Code writes that they must have a gap at the front.