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TIL Lack of social interaction might be just as bad for you as smoking or drinking.

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AeO7 TIL there’s a planet called HD 189733b where it rains molten glass, sideways, at 7000km/h
e0Kp4 TIL of William Harvey Carney. Despite being shot in the face, shoulders, arms, and legs during battle, he never let the flag touch the ground. Saying, "Boys, I only did my duty; the old flag never touched the ground!"
Wl8X TIL Tom and Jerry’s episode where Tom performs Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 1946
QRX9 TIL that in 1896, a serial killer due to be executed was subpoenaed to give evidence in another trial, but it was decided that her testimony would be inadmissible, as she was considered legally dead upon receiving her sentence.
Y7JXv TIL in 1857-58 the US tested camels for military use. While crossing the Mojave desert Native Americans attacked. The camel driver pulled his Scimitar and charged yelling "Bismiallah." Never having seen a camel before the Indians fled in terror thinking it was a desert demon.