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TIL that both men and women laugh more at men than at women

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d8rgQ TIL A team of economists at NYU found that getting off Facebook appears to improve people’s lives. Users who deactivated their accounts for a month seemed to enjoy themselves more as a result, showing decreases in depression and anxiety and improvements in happiness and life satisfaction.
GYvlQ TIL the phrase ‘Drop you a Line’ refers to a sending very short letter: a row of written text is the the singular ‘line’, delivered through a letter ‘dropped’ in a mailbox
P10Bg TIL there is a scientific term for post-nut clarity
699QX TIL: that Mike Ilitch, the Owner of little Cesar's pizza, quietly paid Rosa Parks rent for many years, up until she passed away.
5Y5A8 TIL during the filming of Matilda, Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman; who played Matilda’s parents; would take Mara Wilson on outings with their family to help the actress cope with her mother’s battle, and eventual death, from cancer.