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TIL that a 4 second awkward-silence pause in conversation creates feelings of rejection in the brain.

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vkmr TIL of Isaac Woodard, An African-American World War II veteran who was attacked while still in uniform by a South Carolina police chief Lynwood Shull and his police officers. Woodard was blinded for the rest of his life. Shull was later acquitted by an all-white jury.
aw86b TIL that the ancient Romans built an artificial waterfall which to this day is the tallest man-made waterfall in the world.
6EA4Z TIL A bunch of kids Died during the lychee season because they would eat nothing afterwards. Turns out, lychees contain a deadly toxin that kills if not taken with other food.
xVvY0 TIL ginger beer is brewed (fermented), but ginger ale is just carbonated water that's been flavored with ginger.
EyDP TIL Hugh Thompson Jr., a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, threw away his Distinguished Flying Cross when he saw the citation included a fabricated account of the My Lai Massacre.