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TIL since we are used to seeing ourselves in the mirror, photos can seem less pleasing to ourselves as the perspective is swapped back to the real life presentation.

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awNLN TIL Popeye was actually a member of the U.S. Coast Guard until he enlisted in the Navy in the 1941 cartoon "The Mighty Navy" and other related shorts due to World War II. He would remain in his U.S. Navy uniform until 1978 with the exception of retaining the standard issue Navy "Dixie Cup" cap.
XEWkX TIL that Festivus, a fictional holiday from a 1997 Seinfeld ep featuring the "Airing of Grievances," where celebrants tell loved ones ways they've "wronged" them over the previous year, is still celebrated annually by a Fla. newspaper that prints grievances from around the U.S. on Festivus, Dec. 23.
7gvb TIL that The average citizen of Liechtenstein doesn’t even lock their door because crime in the country is so low. The last murder was 10 years ago (as of 2007).
X8L8 TIL there are more trees in North America than there were 100 years ago.
l7M4N TIL about Idlirvirissong, a demon taking the form of a clown believed by the Inuit to live in the sky with her dogs. When the recently dead arrive, Idlirvirissong dances and feeds the intestines of those who laugh at the dance to the dogs.