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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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0jeA TIL a man was once accidentally released from prison 90 years early due to clerical error. He then started building his life by getting a job, getting married, having kids, coaching youth soccer, being active in his church. Authorities realized the mistake 6 years later and sent him back to prison.
8aNea TIL The characterization of Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars saga as an ambitious and ruthless politician dismantling a democratic republic to achieve supreme power is in part inspired by Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Adolf Hitler. Other elements of the character come from Richard Nixon.
a04o TIL the second person ever to go down Niagra Falls in a barrel survived the feat. Later, he tripped on an orange peel and died.
BgWGy Today I learned that in Niger, you have to be 23 years old to drive a car.
kOkog TIL that Yao Ming's conservation campaigns have led to a 50 to 70% reduction in the consumption of shark fin soup in China