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TIL According to a myth, people whose faces fit the golden ratio seems more attractive to other people

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KdWJ TIL The Flaming Lips released a 24-hour-long song, sold on a hard drive encased in a real human skull for $5,000. They sold five of them.
NX0RN TIL of RAS syndrome (RAS stands for "Redundant Acronym Syndrome" Syndrome ), which is the redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym (or other initialisms) in conjunction with the abbreviated form. (EX: PIN number, ATM machine, chai tea)
W9QB TIL: During a US government shutdown Congress continues to be paid because their pay cannot be altered except by direct law
oBQ4K TIL: 32% of U.S. households don't have a dishwasher, Among households that do, 20% never use it. That means that 46% of US households never use a dishwasher,
OGZAL TIL that the jerrycan was invented in Nazi Germany. Jerry, also often phrased as Gerry, was used by the allies when referring to German soldiers. So jerrycan means something like “German can”.