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TIL in 2012, Facebook conducted an experiment on 689,000 users by manipulating their news feeds content and see if their emotions be controlled.

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yQE9e TIL On Oct 30, 2005, Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer, was mourned when her casket was placed in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol for two days. She was the first woman and the second African-American to lie in state there. She was the 31st person and the first American not a U.S. government official.
XEZRR TIL that English has no future tense. Every time we talk about the future, we talk about it in the present tense, like “I am going to the airport” or “I will start school next week.” Even “will” expresses intention in the present and not the future.
ZeAQ TIL that there is a raisin farmer in California being sued by the US Government for hundreds of thousands of dollars for selling too many raisins. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and is now awaiting a decision.
OgaL TIL that 90% of polled Native Americans have no problem with the “Redskins” sports team nickname.
rRyJw TIL Gene Wilder was the one to come-up with idea for the movie "Young Frankenstein", and it would be some time until Mel Brooks began to appreciate Wilder's pitch.