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TIL some people truly are "born miserable." According to researchers, some people are genetically programmed to be more negative than others due to the levels of a molecule, neuropeptide Y, being lower in their brains than others.

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d84RQ TIL in 1974 Canada created the H0H 0H0 ("ho ho ho") postcode and started responding to children's previously undelivered letters. Now they answer 1mm letters per year, many of them originating from outside Canada, in the letter's native language.
P1gQn TIL just 2 months after 9/11 an Airbus crashed into a Queens neighborhood, killing all 260 people on board and 5 people on the ground. Despite fears of another terror attack the cause was determined to be pilot error leading to mechanical failure.
epapJ TIL Walter Mondale became the first major candidate to ever lose election in all 50 states after losing the 2002 US Senate election in Minnesota, the only state that voted for him in the 1984 US Presidential election
n6gd TIL the biggest bomb that ever exploded was a Russian Atom Bomb - All buildings located 55 km(34 mi) from ground zero were destroyed, heat from the explosion could have caused 3rd-degree burns 100 km(62 mi) away from ground zero and windowpanes were partially broken to distances of 900 km(560 mi)
DQBpv TIL: In 1916, Mary murdered a homeless man by crushing his head. She was then hung from a crane as she was a 5 ton elephant. An autopsy discovered that she had a severely infected tooth and that might have been the cause of the murderous rage.