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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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j6LrM TIL a study titled "Where Are They Now?" in 1978 followed up on 515 people who were prevented from attempting suicide using the Golden Gate Bridge from 1937 to 1971. About 90% were either alive or had died of natural causes, concluding "suicidal behavior is crisis-oriented" rather than inexorable.
Y7k0B TIL that in 2001, during the canonization process of Mother Teresa, the Catholic Church called upon prominent atheist Christopher Hitchens to formally challenge her sainthood before them.
1D TIL Charles Darwin married his cousin, but only after making a list of pros and cons, one of the cons being “less money for books”
dV1Q TIL there is a conspiracy theory that Andrew WK is actually fabricated piece of performance art, concocted by a secret organization and is actually “performed” by multiple people.
5YDBP TIL red and yellow bellpeppers are just green peppers that have been allowed to ripen.