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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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yQ5j8 TIL: Charles J. Guiteau who assassinated US President James A. Garfield, intentionally used a gun that would look nice in a museum.
4JVa TIL that storms from the Sahara Desert blow dust all the way to Florida, affecting Florida’s climate and air quality
GawJ TIL If you try to touch a member of the Queen’s Guard, they will shout “Step back from the Queen’s Guard” and point their rifle at you.
MZ70 TIL that Dinosaurs lived on Earth for 150 million years. We’ve been around for just 0.1% of that time.
ADrOa TIL Herma are ancient greek statues featuring only a head, typically Hermes, and a phallus. In 415 BC all of the Athenian Herma were vandalized by having the penises removed.