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TIL it actually takes more muscle to smile than to frown

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Ano TIL that if you are a soldier and you decide to use an enemy flag or uniform as a ruse, you must discard the items before beginning combat.
WDy4 TIL Kim Jong-Il was born in Russia.
kO4Yd TIL India was controlled by a giant British company, with a private army twice the size of the British army, and not the British government for nearly 100 years (1757–1858) before the British Raj was formed.
vBnD TIL In the Dark ages up to the 1800s Animals were sentenced for human crimes. Dogs, pigs, cows, rats and even flies and caterpillars were arraigned in court on charges ranging from murder to obscenity.
yQlnv TIL of Adamites, an early Christian sect that worshipped naked. Some of their beliefs were holy nudism, a rejection of marriage, and an endorsement of lawlessness as their actions were "neither good nor evil". They believed they were embodying the innocence of Adam in Genesis.