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Today I learned 1950s book "Seduction of the Innocent" convinced many Americans that comic books cause juvenile delinquency

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pY1Yp TIL in Machiavelli's comedy "Belfagor arcidiavolo", a demon decides to investigate why humans arrive in hell constantly complaining about marriage life. He gets married, goes into debt, barely escapes his angry creditors, returns to hell defeated and vows to never visit the world of humans again.
0wG05 TIL 'Flip-Flop', 'chit chat', 'criss cross', are actually examples of a grammatical rule in English called, 'Ablaut Reduplication'. The rule always follows the same order of vowels, 'I-A-O'. There are no examples of Reduplication that break this rule.
Eb00 TIL blue eyes are a result of structure, not pigment
690Rw TIL that in Georgia HOV lanes can be used by pregnant people. Georgia DPS allows this because of a 2022 Georgia law that recognizes embryos and fetuses as person's with full rights. No documents are needed to prove pregnancy when using HOV lanes.
4Mog TIL the “Don’t wear white after Labor Day” rule was started by rich housewives after the Civil War. It was a way for woman from “noble old money” who were in the know to recognize those of “vulgar new money.”