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TIL that the phenomenon of "good" people excusing their bad behavior is an actual thing: moral licensing.

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VMgGB TIL that one popular account of the origin of the phrase "Milky Way" arises from the Ancient Greek myth of Hera (wife of Zeus) breastfeeding Heracles (AKA Hercules). Hercules fed so strongly Hera recoiled, spraying milk from her breast. Creating the Milky Way.
kQZe TIL the electric vibrator predates the electric iron and the vacuum cleaner by a good decade.
grNlL TIL: Franklin D. Roosevelt—the four-term U.S. president—had a long-term secret affair with Lucy Mercer, the former secretary of his wife Eleanor.
5VNM9 TIL that a release of radioactive material in a nuclear waste repository in New Mexico in 2014 was caused by someone substituting inorganic with organic kitty litter.
KYNYR TIL that the CIA overthrew Irans last elected President paving the way for the Iran that we know today.