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TIL Ford created the iconic Jeep design

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5YDG9 TIL six-month old infants recognize when adults imitate them, and perceive imitators as more friendly. The babies looked and smiled longer at an adult who imitated them, as opposed to when the adult responded in other ways and approached them on their own.
PYo9w TIL in 1991, 60 Minutes suggested red wine was the answer to the "French Paradox" (France enjoys a low incidence of heart disease despite a diet high in saturated fats). Within a year, American consumption of wine increased 40% and some wine sellers began promoting their products as "health food".
nL59 TIL lebanese star Mia Khalifa has been received death threats, including having her head cut off for doing porn
YNYZ TIL that In 2015, Facebook canceled Harvard student’s internship after he highlighted a massive privacy issue.
69ByX TIL that Julia Agrippina, who supposedly poisoned her husband, Roman Emperor Claudius, was herself supposedly killed because of an order made by Emperor Nero