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TIL when we look at a smiley face online, the same very specific parts of the brain are activated as when we look at a real human face

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l7Lp5 Today I learned that construction of the Washington Monument was delayed for 13 years because the pro-slavery states decided to go rogue. #slaveryremembered.
l7NWN TIL it actually takes more muscle to smile than to frown
NXr5Q TIL there are only 25 blimps left in the world.
b9gK0 TIL there is no national minimum drinking age in the United States. Instead, a law called National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 punishes states that allow anyone under 21 to purchase alcohol by cutting their federal highway funds by 10%. The last state to comply was Louisiana in 1987.
m1lgx TIL Mozart was actually in the top 5% of wage earners for his time. He squandered most of his money by the time of his death, and was buried in a pauper's grave.