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TIL Men’s brains change with fatherhood

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eKOk TIL that since the 30s the FBI has kept lists of individuals & orgs deemed to be “suspects & potential subversives” who are to be arrested & interned immediately at the outbreak of war. These lists have no judicial oversight & can include people on the basis of hearsay & covert warrantless searches
yVjWa TIL the first scientific article on the greenhouse effect was published back in 1856, 165 years ago! The article was written by a female scientist - Eunice Newton Foote
W7xoX TIL Cobra Commander from GI Joe appears in Transfrmers Generation 1 s3e23.
XEO1P TIL that the eagle featured on U.S. currency was modeled on a real bald eagle named Peter who used to live on top of the U.S. Mint. He died in 1836 but, like many animals whose admirers just can't let go, Peter was stuffed and is still on display inside the very building upon which he once nested.
W7vMN TIL that, according to a study of Academy Award speeches, Steven Spielberg has been thanked more often than God.