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TIL psychopaths are immune to the sympathetic, contagious yawn response. Additionally, researchers found that those resistant to the 'contagious yawn' were also resistant to being startled.

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yQ10v TIL NASA images the dark side of the moon only twice a year as the moon passes between Earth and the DSCOVR space craft.
woVJY TIL that David Cronenberg has directed two films named "Crimes of the Future": One in 1970, and another in 2022. Apart from the title, the two films are completely different.
0BRy TIL Thomas Paine proposed a “Citizen’s Dividend” upon the principle that the natural world is the common property of all persons so all citizens receive regular payments (dividends) from revenue raised by leasing or taxing the monopoly of valuable land and other natural resources…
8aJra TIL In 2009, Kraft (Miracle Whip's parent company) launched an ad campaign that set out to make the goopy white condiment appear cool, claiming Miracle Whip was 'sorta-kinda-not-really-like-mayo, but multiplied by awesomeness.'
MJe8 TIL that there is evidence to suggest that Vincent Van Gogh didn’t kill himself, as is widely believed, but was accidentally shot by kids.