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TIL in Curling, custom dictates that after every match, the winners buy losers a round of drinks

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XX5X TIL that crying when you are happy is your body’s way of neutralizing your emotions so you don’t become overwhelmed with feelings. Responding to positive emotions with negative reactions (or vise versa) helps restore your emotional equilibrium.
rRX9W TIL 1977 was the year of the last execution by guillotine --Hamida Djandoub in France
M7xgb TIL the derogatory meaning of 'snake oil salesman' originated to describe people who sold counterfeit snake oil when actual snake oil was widely accepted to be a legitimate medicine.
b9rJZ TIL Tornadoes rotate in a counterclockwise motion in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. This is due to the Coriolis effect.
7r7jr TIL a study done in 2020 found Americans are the unhappiest they have been in nearly 50 years. Only 14% of American adults say they're happy, down from 31% in 2018.