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TIL that reddit launched a commenting system six months after reddit was launched

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J1RKm TIL a founding father of the American mafia ran his empire from a funeral home. and he was called "the undertaker".
Qy7a TIL that the Indian serial killer Thug Behram is credited with murdering 931 people. He was executed in 1840.
oy1R TIL that the Guatemalan currency, the quetzal, was originally a bird’s tail feathers. “Since it was a crime to kill a quetzal, the bird was simply captured, its long tail feathers plucked, and was set free.”
R7obj TIL a new typeface, called Sans Forgetica, was designed to help students remember what they read by making reading slightly more difficult
LZoP TIL that spending an average of 27 minutes each day practicing mindfulness exercises increases gray-matter density in the hippocampus, known to be important for learning and memory, and in structures associated with self-awareness, compassion, and introspection over an 8-week period.