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TIL that dwelling too much on happy memories can lead to "sentimental longing," which is a dangerous form of noatalgia that makes us think "today must be bad, because yesterday was better."

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Brr5L At 7:52 A.M., May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh began his famous flight across the Atlantic. Here’s the Great Circle Chart he used to plan the flight.
rRn61 TIL that DNA companies to that analyze your DNA to find where your local origins are from, are just guesses at best. Identical twins who sent their probes in, didn’t get same results. Experts in this video state that those analysis are only a product for entertainment with low accuracy.
d8BdK TIL in the Rio 2016 Paralympics, each medal had a distinctive rattle sound for bronze, silver and gold. This was for visually impaired athletes.
0wZQ5 TIL that F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) is the great-grand nephew of Francis Scott Key (Star Spangled Banner). He was also named after him.
aw0B0 TIL of Corporatocracy: an economic and political system controlled by corporations or corporate interests.