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TIL the Humor Research Lab thinks humor comes from “benign violations”: minor attacks on our physical, psychological, and cultural stability that we consider harmless.

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b9VjE TIL Caribbean sperm whales have a distinct culture. They are known to interact only with other whales with their own unique dialects and 'accents' which are variations of clicks unique to that area.
KO8gR TIL At its peak, the Salton Sea was drawing 1.5 million visitors annually, more than Yosemite. At one point, it was also was the most productive fishery in California.
YpL17 TIL: Bananas are one of the better cures for a hangovers.
Bg0Jy TIL in the late 1970s a teenage boy stole 50 paintings valued at over $300,000 from a Pennsylvania art museum by slipping them out the window and later selling them through Sotheby's in NYC.
VyWB TIL a black musician helped dissolve the entire KKK in Maryland by making inroads with its members and imperial wizard, collecting their robes and hoods as they resigned that life. He had befriended 25 people.