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TIL the reason that some people get embarrassed watching other people do cringeworthy things and others don’t has to do with how empathetic the person is.

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epkp4 TIL about the cosmic lithium problem: Post-Big Bang, the universe had mainly hydrogen and helium, with traces of lithium and beryllium. Surprising, there's 3x less lithium in ancient stars than predicted and scientists aren’t sure why.
ZwAa TIL Matthew Broderick and John Cusack were first chosen to play Walter White in Breaking Bad, but they refused.
WkLpL TIL In a 2004 episode of Sesame Street, Cookie Monster revealed that before he started eating cookies his name was Sid.
v15bR TIL America's largest Confederate monument is Stone Mountain, Georgia. It's over 800 ft tall and 1.5 miles wide, draws 4 million visitors a year, and has a relief covering one face of the mountain that depicts three leaders of the Confederacy – Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis.
xLZD TIL in 1974 canned food from a boat that sank in 1865 were tested on. There was no trace of microbial growth and the food was determined to be still safe to eat over 100 years later