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TIL that humans are believed to be the only animals that can blush. That’s because embarrassment is a complicated emotion requiring understanding others’ opinions and other factors.

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b9KKp TIL that in the 1950s, France designed and built the Vespa 150 TAP. An anti tank scooter that was intended for use with French paratroops.
b9P44 TIL that nearly half of Twitter accounts pushing to reopen America are bots
5Ydr8 TIL Stephen Hawking’s ashes are buried beneath a memorial stone inscribed with his equation for the Hawking temperature of black holes. To commemorate his death, Hawking’s own words were beamed towards the nearest known black hole to Earth, about 3,500 light years away, by the European Space Agency
jNEN TIL the Governor of New York wrote an article in 1919 warning of a “holocaust” against “six million” Jews in Europe [resubmission because TIL mods took down last one that reached the front-page because they said it was not verifiable. Article now contains JewishVirtualLibrary citation]
yVwv TIL that in densely populated urban areas the chance of rain gets higher during the course of the week, up to 22% more.