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TIL that there is a Swedish religion called Kopimism whose sole tenet is that all knowledge should be available to everyone—and thus, using CTRL+C and CTRL+V are sacred acts.

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Yl0r TIL before people knew the full extent of x-rays, women would get face x-rays in order to kill bacteria which would make skin look healthy and beautiful. After a while people who did this started developing tumors on their faces and some even died. Doctors also used this method for hair removal.
neQyb TIL the emperor tamarin was named for its elegant and distinctive mustache which was thought by some to resemble the mustache of German emperor Wilhelm II. In 1907, the Swiss zoologist Emil August Goeldi named the monkey "emperor" as a joke, but it then became the species name we know it by today.
xV70k TIL : The "thousand-yard stare" is a phrase often used to describe the blank, unfocused gaze of soldiers who have become emotionally detached from the horrors around them. It is also sometimes used more generally to describe the look of dissociation among victims of other types of trauma.
7Zpx TIL If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you’ve engaged in misconduct, your entire inventory is deemed your personal collection. You can then can sell it without doing any background checks on your customers.
P1eWn TIL that astronaut Scott Kelly came back from living in space and was two inches taller than his identical twin brother.