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TIL that Wheeler, Virginia is closer to the capital of 9 other states than it is to its own state capital

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YpBlZ TIL that stroke victims with partial facial paralysis can lose the ability to voluntarily smile on half their face, but can still fully smile when laughing at a joke.
kJ9ve TIL Carlos Mavroleon, heir to a shipping tycoon, was pressumed dead after a trip to France. He ended up in Pakistan and returned home 2 years later, now a muslim and fluent in Pashtun. He mingled in high society, left again to fight the soviets in Afghanistan, and later became a war correspondent
bkNE TIL there is a fish that when eaten causes severe hallucinations lasting up to 36 hours. It was a party drug during the Roman Empire!
kO41E TIL that the method of brewing tea is standardised under the ISO, and this was criticised by Ireland for not mentioning that the pot must be pre-warmed.
OXAX TIL a prison in Washington pairs up “death row” shelter cats with select inmates as part of a rehabilitation program.