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TIL that sharks are older than trees
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TIL of the Terrifying Operation Wandering Soul, where American forces would play eerie sounds of voices and mourning, causing the Viet Cong to think it was their dead ancestors and flee the battlefield.
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TIL that there's a hand gestures in Italian that means "scared" and it's where you pinch all your fingers together and open them a bit and it's supposed to represent your butt contracting when you get scared.
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TIL that under the Articles of Confederation, Canada could join at any time
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TIL the iconic Einstein-sticking-his-tongue-out photo was his annoyed reaction to paparazzi goading him to smile on his 72nd birthday. It achieved cult status mostly because Einstein himself asked for a cropped version, ordered many prints and proceeded to send them to friends.
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TIL the vibrator was invented for doctors who were getting carpel tunnel from using their fingers to give female patients orgasms in order to treat hysteria.