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TIL that to avoid facial wrinkles, a woman claims to have not smiled or laughed for 40 years, even after the birth of her daughter

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5YB58 TIL, when the Bolsheviks murdered the Romanov family, they also tried to kill all their pet, but missed one dog, a spaniel named Joy, who was later rescued by a British officer and lived out its life in England
7Eox TIL that there is a classified airline called “Janet” that operates out of Las Vegas’ McCarran Airport which transports contractors and government workers to and from the Nevada National Security Site (Area 51).
4xQJ TIL Benjamin Franklin once sent classified letters to American revolutionaries detailing how the British were attempting to decrease American morale by gradually suppressing basic liberties, effectively making Franklin one of the first American “whistle-blowers”.
5XRk TIL a 2010 episode of the Saturday morning Batman cartoon was censored because, during a musical number, Catwoman, Black Canary and Huntress mocked the sexual prowess of their male counterparts…including Aquaman’s “little fish.”
RomQ TIL Since 2003, Elizabeth Laird “The Hug Lady” has hugged over 500,000 American soldiers who have arrived and departed from Fort Hood, Texas