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TIL that engineers proved that leaving the air conditioning on when you’re not home actually can save energy over setting your thermostat up high and making the A/C work hard when you get home after work

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YmkP TIL a man received the heart of a suicide victim, married his widow, and years later killed himself in the same way the donor did.
xV1JD TIL a lawyer was hired for a traffic case. Instead of sitting his client at the witness table, he dressed another lawyer to look like the client. When the only witness (a policeman) was asked to point to the defendant in the room he pointed to the fake client. The real defendant was found not guilty
d8jpQ TIL that the Catholic Church closed a Louisiana parish in 1955 after its members refused to let a black priest be assigned to it.
M5bb TIL that during the My Lai Massacre, an American helicopter pilot intervened and carried wounded children to safety after arguing with American forces. The US government condemned and ostracized the pilot, who ended up suffering from PTSD.
X058D TIL First grown in Africa about 5,000 years ago, yellow watermelons went through generations of selective cross-breeding for texture, color and sweetness before any pink variety ever appeared. As the lycopene content of hybrid varieties increased over time, the fruit naturally became redder and redd