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TIL the first ever transatlantic radio signal was received here in Canada, morse code for the letter “s”

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D4Vv TIL that the British flag has a correct way up, and that knowledgeable people can tell when it’s being flown upside down.
rvB1 TIL a study published British Journal of Psychology concluded that those with higher intelligence don’t require large social circles to be happy
GDRE TIL: Before video game addiction, people were blaming Dungeons and Dragons for suicide and teen satanism.
pVV4 TIL in the 1950s, hundreds of babies were on loan from orphanages to various U.S. universities. There, students could practice the latest child-rearing theories of the day on a real newborn. After a year or two, the babies would leave their multiple mothers to find homes in adoptive families.
gM8NA TIL that there are only 3 original citrus fruits: pommelo, citron and mandarin. Most other citrus fruits are hybrdis of these 3 (eg. orange= pommelo x mandarin)