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TIL in 1975 a cat was listed as co-author on a physics paper because the author had incorrectly used the royal “we” throughout the paper and didn’t want to typewrite the whole thing again

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xVVZ0 TIL Walt Disney Held And Personally Judged A Beauty Pageant Of His Female Artists
886P TIL that in 2011, Argentina’s government forced McDonald’s to sell Big Macs at artificially low prices so that the country’s performance would appear better on the The Economist’s Big Mac Index
e0lE4 TIL abou the paradox of intolerance, which states that a society with unlimited tolerance will be destroyed by the intolerant because said society would tolerate them.
4k89N TIL about a Belgium Palace ceiling decorated with more than a million jewel beetles...
78WBX TIL Botox may alleviate depression symptoms in some people. Researchers found that by paralyzing muscles in the face associated with negative emotions (called grief muscles) people's moods improved. They believe it interrupts a feedback loop where negative face expressions can impact your mood.