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TIL It's possible to die from being too sad due to the stress hormones that get released.

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Rlkj TIL the largest empire the world has ever seen was the British Empire, having conquered 22.63% of the world’s land.
9YAjM TIL Wally Wood the creator of Power Girl, Made a bet with a studiomate that he could draw Power Girls chest bigger every issue and DC editorial wouldn’t notice
MExA TIL: that Strawberry generation is a Chinese term for anyone who is born after 1981. Named after strawberries because strawberries “bruise easily”, they can not withstand social pressure or work hard like their parents’ generation.
lovrV TIL that the term and concept of "jay-walking" was introduced in the 1920's by the auto industry as part of a propaganda campaign to claim the roads for cars and shift the blame in accidents from cars to pedestrians. At the time "Jay" was a slur with a similar meaning to "redneck" or "hillbilly."
woyA1 TIL The New Mexico ranch where the 1947 Roswell UFO crash happened opened up to public tours for the first time in 2018. The crash site is not in Roswell but actually by the small town of Corona