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TIL that regularly hugging a loved one can increase oxytocin levels and lead to better overall health.

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jNgWQ TIL that in 2016, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that records which document Israel's arms sales to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide will remain sealed and concealed from the public.
xVWpw TIL Julie Kavner, the voice of Marge Simpson, is 70 years old
GA9Eg TIL of Joseph Boxhall who was the final officer who had survived The Titanic, to pass away. Boxhall’s ashes were scattered at the co-ordinates, that he had calculated to be the place of the ship’s sinking.
Oo61a TIL in 1957 a governor used the national guard to block black students entering a desegregated school. Elizabeth Eckford mistakenly arrived on her own and was hounded by an angry mob. The 101st airborne was summoned by the president who protected her and 8 other black students while at school.
Mepna TIL that due to prevalence of dubbed western programs in post-soviet Ukraine, a nationally produced comedy sketch show was recorded in English/German and then dubbed to Russian