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TIL that if you wear “inverted-glasses”, after a few day, the brain will flip the image for you and it will go back to normal!

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1a6Q4 TIL after divorcing her foreign husband, Gossip Girl actress Kelly Rutherford got him deported by getting her legal team to report him for alleged business fraud. However, after he won child custody, her children were forced to move to France, and now she must travel there to see them.
9wVJ6 TIL that winning important international football games reduces civil conflict in Africa. When national teams win high-stakes matches, people are less likely to identify with their ethnic group over the nation. Teams qualifying for AFCON experience significantly less conflict in the following months
LQgvv TIL in 1545 some French winemakers prosecuted and threatened to excommunicate a group of Weevils. The weevils were given their own land, but returned 45 years later, reigniting another 8-month long trial. The final verdict was eaten by weevils.
myEv TIL that in 2013 a 200-year-old law was removed in Paris that forbid women from wearing pants.
4X17J TIL the United States trained, equipped, and fought alongside the Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh during WWII.