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TIL In 1974 sociologist Phillip Kunz sent 600 Christmas cards randomly to people he didn’t know. He got more then 200 replies, including people sending pics of their families, diplomas and new homes.

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YXW TIL no woman has ever run a sub-4 minute mile
4XQjJ TIL in 1963 biologist and animal psychologist James McConnell conditioned planarian flatworms to fear a bright light by electrocuting them. He would then grind up those flatworms and feed them to other worms who had not participated in the experiment. Those worms were afraid of the light.
D1AVY TIL In Singapore, a $17,000 Mitsubishi car is sold at $104,000 due to taxes and fees imposed on the automotive industry by the Singaporean government, in an effort to limit traffic congestion and air pollution.
9QA7 TIL Stephen Sondheim, write of West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, etc. considers the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer, an Uncut” one of the best MUSICALS of our generation.
7XX TIL that there is a statue of George Washington, depicted as Zeus