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TIL people who are highly intelligent have lower levels of satisfaction the more they socialize with friends

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Lk1Wp The "wave of death" - When a driver stops and waves another car through an intersection. This "kindness" can often lead to tragedy.
4kKrR today i learned: green olives don’t have a bright red center, those are pimento’s stuffed in them. i am way to old to have just learned this…
oByR8 TIL After ordering multiple massacres, Zhang Xianzhong had his few remaining loyal servants carve a stele to explain his actions. The stele read: "Heaven Brings Forth Numerous Things to Nurture Man. Man Has Nothing Good With Which To Recompense Heaven. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill."
X0YJ6 TIL that Ford's Theatre -- site of Abraham Lincoln's assassination -- was afterward converted into an office building. In 1893, three floors collapsed killing 22 clerks and injuring 68 more. It was restored as a theatre in 1968.
Jxm8 TIL the term “waffle” (meaning blather or to be indecisive) is not based on the food. It actually comes “waff” which is the 17th century version of “woof,” - the implication being the speaker’s words have as much meaning as a dog barking.