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TIL, People who post their fitness routine to Facebook are more likely to have psychological problems.

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GyaG TIL a moose’s antlers improve their hearing by 19%, indicating that the palm of moose antlers may serve as an effective parabolic reflector
N74EN TIL the CIA once "kidnapped" a Soviet spacecraft overnight, took it apart, studied it, reassembled it, & sent it back without the Soviets realizing.
Zp4ea TIL that when Nicolas Cage proposed to Patricia Arquette, she told him to get odd objects to prove his affection. They were J.D. Salinger's autograph, a Bob's Big Boy statue, a black orchid, and a Hill Tribe wedding outfit. Despite the list being intended to be impossible, he found them.
4XDrJ TIL of the fraternal birth order effect, which indicates that for every older male brother a man has, their odds of being attracted to the same sex increases by a third.
54Dn TIL The Pledge of Allegiance was originally begun with the right hand over the heart, and after reciting “to the Flag,” the arm was to be extended toward the Flag, palm-down. It was changed during WWII as this closely resembled the Nazi salute.