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TIL that cannabinoid receptors evolved before the spine

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QNgDp TIL that during WWII workers at the Henry Ford aircraft factory Willow Run built a staggering 8,685 B-24 bombers in three years. No one had ever manufactured airplanes on such a scale before. At its peak in 1944, it produced a B-24 every hour.
1aPQr TIL of extreme skier and adventure-seeker Steve McKinney, the first to break 200 km/h on skis and the first to fly a hang-glider off Mount Everest. He was killed by a drunk driver.
N716Q TIL on 1956, to fight school integration, Mississippi repealed its compulsory attendance law
6xKl TIL the male equivalent of a ballerina is a ballerino
80ma TIL researchers found that facial distinctiveness, considered less attractive, was linked to poor health in both men and women. Facial averageness, on the other hand, was linked to good health. One theory is that distinctive facial traits are tied to chromosomal disorders.