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TIL Pasty white skin was considered more attractive until the 1920’s when Coco Chanel accidentally got a sunburn while on vacation and people started to emulate her.

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neNaP TIL horses can communicate with humans by pointing to symbols. Researchers trained the horses to understand 3 symbols which meant “blanket on,” “blanket off,” and “no change.” After training they were tested in different weather conditions and researchers found the choices matched the weather.
X09RQ TIL planned obsolescence is illegal in France; it is a crime to intentionally shorten the lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it. In early 2018, French authorities used this law to investigate reports that Apple deliberately slowed down older iPhones via software updates.
xVE8k TIL that Jackie Miller, a pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts, had struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her contract was canceled a few days later after the Commissioner of Baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, said women couldn't play baseball because it was "too strenuous" for them.
eKOD TIL There is a medical condition called Exploding Head Syndrome, which causes people to experience a sudden feeling of explosion and blinding light inside their head moments before falling to sleep.
Ypx TIL that in 1968 John Lennon, inspired by a large amount of LSD, called an emergency meeting of the Beatles to inform them that he was in fact, Jesus Christ reincarnated.