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TIL Trey Parker and Matt Stone only need an Oscar to complete their EGOT.

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EgeJp Today I learned that when you see someone else in pain—whether they stub their toe, cry, or even just look sad—your brain lights up in the same areas as if you were experiencing that pain yourself. This incredible phenomenon is due to something called "Mirror Neurons".
W9DX TIL France invested so much on the American Revolution that it actually ruined France’s economy.
WkdGY TIL Pixar film Coco got passed China’s censors with 0 cuts. Censors were ready to ban it entirely for the presence of ghosts, however, the when viewed by the committee they were moved to tears and allowed to be released in full
VBO6m TIL that during the 1980 Okęcie plane disaster passengers were found to have been holding onto their seats so hard, that it led to severed muscles and tendons unrelated to the damage caused by the crash itself.
OWML TIL that in Japan people don’t give up their seat to the elderly on public transportation because it is seen as a sign of disrespect.