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TIL that New York City and Barcelona have very similar yearly sunshine duration.

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YpODG TIL of Heinz Drossel, a German soldier who married the first Jew he rescued in WWII; a woman he stopped from committing suicide. Risking execution, he sheltered her in his apartment before giving her money to find a safer place to stay. Heinz went on to rescue more Jews.
N71pP TIL Yawns are contagious because of social mirroring, which makes animals mimic social cues due to mirror neurons in the brain.
BdxD TIL marijuana’s effects on teenage girls brains is much more serious than the very moderate effects on the teenage male
aw9wZ TIL of Johan de Witt, a Dutch Prime Minister who became so unpopular that a bunch of rioters lynched and partially ate him in 1672. They were never prosecuted.
X055X TIL. Murdoch renounced his Australian citizenship to become an American citizen. Your’e welcome