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TIL Humans are hardwired to lean to the right while kissing

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xZbb TIL Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards was the 1st Olympic ski jumper for England in 52 years. He had no money, no coach, no team and only learned to ski jump 18 months earlier. He wore 6 pairs of socks inside his second hand boots, a helmet given to him by the Italians, and used skis from the Austrian team.
ep5Dk TIL of Marcus McDilda, an American pilot who was captured two days after Hiroshima was bombed. He was tortured and interrogated about how many atomic bombs America had, and knowing nothing about their existence, lied and said America had 100 and would destroy Tokyo and Kyoto within several days.
pYPne TIL that in 1944 the oss, a precursor to the cia released a field manual for simple sabotage to be used by the average person
kJ0k4 TIL In many jurisdictions in the US, you cannot finalize a divorce while pregnant, and if you have a baby within 10 months of a divorce, it's assumed by law that your ex-husband is the father of the baby.
ERK0 TIL the actor who played young Forrest Gump ended up enlisting in the Army and going to combat just like his character