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TIL: People can tell if you’re wealthier or poorer than average, just by looking at your face. And employers are more likely to hire faces that “look wealthier” than those that “look poorer.”

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jNEXX TIL: that adjectives, in the English language, are meant to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. "A lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife."
oBoK TIL “Fido” is a common dog name because it was the name of Abe Lincoln’s dog; the pooch outlived the president, but was eventually stabbed by a drunk man.
41o5 TIL of a type of food fraud where honey is cut with cheaper sugars and syrups and then sold as pure honey. This is called ‘Honey Laundering’.
ADN17 TIL that despite US denial for 26 years, eight members of the Alabama Air National Guard volunteered to pose as Cuban rebel pilots during the Bay of Pigs invasion. Of these 8, 4 were killed when promised air cover never arrived, with two of the pilots dying in a firefight after being shot down.
lp5N TIL magazine and clip are not interchangeable terms when talking about guns.