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TIL that a yawn is such an empathetic behavior that reading about yawning will make 55% of people yawn just from reading it.

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OZ04 TIL in 1970, about 200 members of the Youth International Party, AKA Yippies, invaded and occupied Disneyland’s Tom Sawyer Island and had to be removed by riot police, causing the 2nd of only 4 unscheduled closings in Disneyland history.
w8g6 TIL that in 1927 two innocent men were executed in the US for their political beliefs. The sentencing judge said: “This man, although he may not have actually committed the crime attributed to him, is nevertheless morally culpable, because he is the enemy of our existing institutions.”
b9gbE TIL People who you aren’t necessarily attracted to at first sight, can become attractive to you over time, as you get to know them better. Evaluating someone’s fitness as a partner within the span of a single date—or a single swipe—eliminates this possibility
9wrWp TIL there is no correlation between current AI progress and unemployment (for now)
7B7P TIL due to Niger having the world’s highest fertility rate, nearly 50% of the entire population is under the age of 14 years old