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TIL every person has maximum hair lenght determined by genetics.

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WwB4 TIL that psychologist B. F. Skinner got pigeons to repeat strange “rituals” by dropping food into their cage at random intervals – the birds associated their actions before the treats with reward, and demonstrated superstitious repetition of those actions
LQgRr TIL: Japan once made luxury KitKats wrapped in 24k Gold and topped with whole rose buds and rose jelly.
oK6o TIL In The opening Credits for ‘Watchmen’ Nite Owl save Thomas and Martha Wayne from being shot, therefore preventing the existence of Batman in the universe.
v1Nx7 TIL: The rock band Queen were fined by the British Musicians' Union and added to the United Nations cultural blacklist because they played in South Africa during the height of apartheid.
woADY TIL about "Armsünderfett" (German: fat or grease from "poor sinners" put to death). Many executioners recovered the fat from the bodies of their executant, to be used in ointments for various diseases.