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TIL that a 2009 study at two North American universities concluded that Shania Twain’s face possesses the ‘golden ratio'—or perfect distances—between a woman’s eyes and mouth that determines whether she is thought to be beautiful

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ZvKQ TIL Russia installed lighthouses powered by nuclear generators along its coastline in the ‘70s. Two of those generators are now missing.
lxlG TIL when fed up with Congress then-senator Davy Crockett said “You can all go to hell, I’m going to Texas.” shortly before his death at the battle of the Alamo.
Zppmv TIL 1941 after a meteor shower two Canadian Inuit announced they were Jesus and God and convinced people to kill their sled dogs since people will soon be able to fly. 9 people ended up losing their lives as a result of the community spread insanity.
KpRB TIL Isaac Newton once tried looking at the sun in a mirror, essentially blinding himself for 3 days and experiencing afterimages for months.
OG6r1 TIL that Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son John, utilizing a stacking technique used by the two men during their joint design of a Japanese earthquake-proof hotel. After Frank fell out with his son and refused to pay him for his work, John patented the technique as retaliation.