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TIL: The French filmmaker who wrote and directed The Red Balloon also invented the board game Risk.

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dDew7 TIL about the Region-Beta Paradox, the phenomenon that people can sometimes recover more quickly from more distressing experiences than from less distressing ones.
neY1B TIL 65% of Staten Island voted to secede from the rest of New York City in 1993, only to have their efforts blocked by the State Assembly
jN8QR TIL the term "Native American" is falling out of favor amongst indigenous Americans, in favor of indigenous Americans, American Indian, or the name of their own tribe.
D1Jkg TIL the Titanic only had three functioning smokestacks, and the fourth one was fake. The builders of White Star Line added the extra funnel to make it look more powerful, like the already-famous Lusitania of their competitor, Cunard Line.
v1Kv4 Til: When the permanent tooth starts growing out of the gums, the new tooth breaks down the roots of the baby tooth, causing it to loosen and fall out. That is why there is no root on a fallen out baby tooth.