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TIL when researchers removed eyebrows from pictures of familiar faces, it reduced the chances of recognition substantially, and significantly more than removing the eyes themselves.

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P5pe TIL Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was created in 1939 by a 34 year old Montgomery Ward employee. The employee was given the task of writing a short story to give away as a marketing booklet to children during the Christmas season
6EE77 TIL about the Circassian Genocide, where about 1,500,000 Circassians were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced by the Russian Empire in an attempt to make room for Russian colonization in Circassia.
oBWDo TIL The Stubborn Children Law (repealed in 1973) enacted by Massachusetts Bay Colony (1646), Connecticut (1650), Rhode Island (1668), and New Hampshire (1679), allowed a disobedient son "of sufficient years and understanding" (at least 16) to be put to death.
xV5D TIL The ship registration on Galaxy Quest (NTE-3120) stands for Not The Enterprise.
d8a1Q TIL that Henry Ford allowed injured laborers to continue work from their hospital beds; screwing nuts on small bolts without getting out of bed. It was optional, but allowed employees to receive their normal salary while hospitalized. Ford believed the work to hasten their recovery.