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TIL Charles Darwin referred to blushing as “the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.”

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M7Qk8 TIL the CIA has it's own museum which is closed to members of the public. The exhibitions include Saddam Hussein's leather jacket and the gun found with Osama Bin Laden when he was killed.
ne89o TIL Michael McKean and Bob Odenkirk once did a skit for Mr. Show where they portrayed a law professor and a law student, respectively, years before Better Call Saul
VB1KG TIL Yogi Berra found out what a bidet was in 1954 when visiting the italian hometown of his parents and had a handfull of them sent to his american home.
0dJby TIL Bread was invented in Egypt around 8,000 BC. The first examples of it were flat and unleavened, most closely resembling what we know today as chapatis in India or tortillas in Latin America.
Rb11 TIL that every Heinz Baked Bean is passed through a laser beam, to ensure it’s exactly the right colour.