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TIL it was legal to enslave children in Switzerland until 1981

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5vo8 TIL that people will judge pictures of faces as more attractive if their own faces have partially been morphed into the picture. If too much (>22%) is morphed in, the attractiveness-ratings plumit: An evolutionary mechanism to ensure avoiding inbreeding, researchers say
E1Vr0 TIL modern chewing gum is made from plastic and rubber
ADjXa TIL The first commercial plane ever shot down, in 1938, was salvaged from a river bottom, rebuilt, renamed and returned to service only to be destroyed in 1940 in another shooting incident.
eplpJ TIL your arm doesn't fall asleep at night because of blood flow or circulation getting cut off. The feeling is actually caused by pinched nerves.
7ro1O TIL Scientists exploring the Abanda caves in Gabon discovered a unique group of crocodiles. They are almost blind due to living in total darkness, permanently soaked in a toxic mix of bat feces and water which turned their skin orange. They adapted to a diet of bats crickets