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TIL - jurors reward the good-looking, penalize the unbeautiful

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xV6bw A husband's snoring might keep his wife awake, but there are a couple of reasons he'll sleep through his own rumblings.
78MQx TIL Norway has a special licence plate just for rally cars.
PYvpL TIL the Pharma company Allergan gave a number of their patents to a Native American tribe (and licensed the patents back to themselves) so that the tribe could asset "sovereign immunity" and prevent the patents from being invalidated.
xAEb TIL in medieval times the Japanese used to dye their teeth black. It also acts as a dental sealant to prevent tooth decay. The reason for this was objects that were pitch black, such as glaze-like lacquer, were seen as beautiful.
LkD89 TIL that Rene Auberjonois, who played Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, is the fourth great nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte