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TIL that infants will stare at an attractive face longer than an unattractive one

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1a4mV TIL that sleeping on the job, while frowned upon in many countries, is socially accepted in Japan
BgrrW TIL that Wint-O-Green Life Savers make blue sparks in the dark when you bite on them because of "triboluminescence," or light resulting from something being smashed.
00D5 TIL that English magazine, Homes and Gardens, featured an article about Hitler’s house called ‘Hitler’s Mountain Home’. In it, the author gushed about the furniture, colour scheme and flowers. The following year, Hitler invaded Poland, which started WWII.
gapb TIL humans are killed for their organs in China. It’s not an urban legend, and it’s fairly well documented.
neaLP TIL A dagger discovered in King Tutankhamen’s tomb, in 1925, was made of meteoric metal. It wasn’t until recently that scientists were able to confirm, using portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, that it was composed of iron, nickel, and cobalt, “strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin.”