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TIL about the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, which was signed by 31 nations and outlawed war as a means of dispute resolution.
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TIL that when famed reclusive author Thomas Pynchon appeared as himself on The Simpsons, he refused to speak one of the lines in which he was supposed to call Homer a “fat ass,” arguing he couldn’t possibly say anything bad about his “role model”
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TIL researchers surveyed math geniuses now in their 50s who were identified as prodigies in the 1970s. Regardless of work-related gender differences, both men and women overwhelmingly agreed that family was the most important factor required for a meaningful life
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TIL: Sadly, children in their first year of life (infants aged less than 1 year) are a massive 15% of all child abuse cases
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TIL noble gases on the periodic table are called "noble" because they don't react or generally interact with other elements, like "noble" aristocracy.