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TIL that an elongated head was an ideal of beauty among the Mangbetu people.

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Jpdl TIL the reason DC’s Metro trains are fake on some TV shows is because the transit authority won’t grant a filming permit if the scene shows something that isn’t actually allowed in the Metro system (criminal activity, panhandling, even running on the platform).
D1MKD TIL in the 1975 film, The Giant Spider Invasion, “To motivate the screenwriter, who was told to write 10 to 15 pages a day, Rebane (the director/producer )locked him in a cabin and told him to finish the daily task or he would not be fed.”
wL7E6 TIL: Ban-the-box policies, which prevent employers from asking about a candidate’s criminal history until later on in the hiring process, lower the probability for low-skilled black and Hispanic men from getting employed by 5.1% and 2.9%, respectively, regardless of criminal background.
rRmyd As if these tentacled wonders weren’t already alien enough, the octopus' three hearts and blue copper-rich blood seals the deal.
yek8 TIL Science discovered almonds have 20% fewer calories than previously thought and challenge the way calories have been measured for 100 years