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TIL that laughter is a universal language! A study found that even babies as young as six months can recognize different types of laughter.

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PV0n TIL that the first black Deputy US Marshal of the Wild West was said to have arrested over 3,000 felons in his career, including his own son. He had his belt and hat shot off several times, but was never wounded himself.
4kmw TIL greyhound changed their slogan from “there’s a reason youve never heard of bus rage” after a brutal murder occured on one of their lines
5Y8B8 TIL that Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is Olgilvie Maurice Hedgehog
bGKN TIL a Russian mathematician solved a 100 year old math problem. He declined the Fields medal, $1 million in awards, and later retired from math because he hated the recognition the math community gives to people who prove things
wXB7 TIL that during the filming of the film adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 “some scenes were shot on the actual days noted in Winston’s diary (for example: April 4, 1984) as well as at some of the actual locations and settings mentioned in Orwell’s novel.”