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TIL that Facebook conducted a study where they intentionally manipulated almost 700,000 users’ emotions without their knowledge or permission

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R7Jw7 TIL that brain scans show people who identify as conservatives have larger right amygdalae. The right amygdala is typically associated with negative emotions such as fear.
8aR78 TIL a wooden ladder has been leaning in the same place since at least the 1750s, and cannot be moved due to disagreements between six different sects of Christianity
XEMx8 TIL Alabama still hasn’t removed segregation from it’s constitution. Section 256: “Separate schools shall be provided for white and colored children, and no child of either race shall be permitted to attend a school of the other race.”
665W TIL that the Chrysler PT Cruiser is actually a truck. Chrysler specifically designed it to fit criteria for a light truck in order to bring the average fuel efficiency of the company’s light truck fleet into compliance with standards.
P1a7J TIL the first ally soldier to step onto the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion was Leonard Treherne "Max" Schroeder Jr. He made it out alive and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. He died in 2009 at the age of 90.