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TIL the first Vogue cover to be photographed by a black person was in 2018.

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8aZeP TIL that when crowds get as dense as 6 or 7 people per square meter, they begin taking on the characteristics of fluids. This can lead to "crowd crushes," where waves propagate through the group and push people into tight spaces, crushing them to death.
5aJn TIL that Mattel released an action figure of Stinkor, an anthropomorphic skunk supervillain of the He-Man universe, in 1985. Patchouli Oil was added to the molds to recreate the character’s unpleasant superpower. Toy collectors report the action figures continuing to reek after 30 years.
VMkBm TIL In honor of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, the Soviet Union named a crater on Venus after Christa McAuliffe, who was supposed to be the first teacher in space but died in the disaster.
QNvBd TIL the Devil's Advocate used to be an official position in the Catholic Church whose job was to find evidence against a saint candidate.
OoRE7 TIL of "interpersonal synchronization" - the feeling of when you "click" with someone. Studies show people's brain waves sync in wavelengths called the alpha–mu band, or what scientists call brain-to-brain coupling, and mirror each other neurologically in terms of what they are focusing on.