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TIL: In 2019, historians analyzed portraits of Spanish Habsburgs, and discovered a correlation between the prominence of a person's Habsburg Jaw and his degree of inbreeding

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Eb1p TIL that the first instance of Telephone hold music was a mistake that was caused by a loose piece of wire touching a metal girder at a factory. It turned the building into a giant radio antenna that would play music from a next-door radio station when people were put on hold.
wQe7 TIL Prince used a picture of Dave Chappelle dressed as Prince for a 2013 album cover
A8yB TIL that the leaders of the UK, France, Italy, and the Netherlands were among those who opposed German reunification in 1989-1990; the Italian prime minister said, “I love Germany so much that I prefer to see two of them.” The Irish and US governments were among the few to support reunification.
0DL5 TIL that more than half of scientific studies’ findings can’t be reproduced by the original research team or by others
oXr TIL that “Yes this is dog” picture is a screenshot from a gloomy Serbian movie about teen drug use from the 80s’.