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TIL in a study of over 500 million users on a social media service similar to Twitter, researchers found different users share similar affective states- specifically the correlation of anger among users is significantly higher than that of joy.

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epw6n TIL one of the moons of Mars (Phobos) orbits Mars much faster than Mars rotates, and completes an orbit in just 7 hours and 39 minutes. From the surface of Mars it appears to rise in the west, move across the sky in 4 hours and 15 minutes, and set in the east, twice each Martian day.
Or1a TIL that Lincoln had depression for most of his life and often contemplated suicide.
byOZ TIL that Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island, formally donated his birthday by deed of gift to a friend’s daughter who felt cheated that her own birthday was December 25th.
16B6V TIL the movie Grease (1978) was created as a parody for the very thing it’s typically celebrated for - Corny 1950’s teen musicals.
v1jmL TIL John F Kennedy revoked Sammy Davis Jr's inauguration invite due to his planned marriage to white actress May Britt