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No amount of training can erase lack of common sense it seems.

Miep Gies, the last survivor of a small group of people who helped hide Anne Frank and her family, died at age 100 on #ThisDayInHistory in 2010. After the Franks were discovered in 1944 and sent to concentration camps, Gies rescued the notebooks that Anne Frank left behind later published as “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.”

Smarter people drink more.

The last vote needed to pass the 19th amendment - women's suffrage - in the US came from a previously anti-suffrage politician. His mother had written him a note telling him to "be a good boy" and ratify the amendment. He did.

This mattress topper has seen some stuff https://t.co/IUkk7nVu7d

Despite repeated campaigns to repeal the law, "spontaneous dancing" is illegal in Sweden. A dancing permit is still required.

Back then, “dance halls” were often a front for prostitution.

You have the power to adapt — even when things feel like they are out of your control. ⁠ When explorer Mark Pollock and human rights lawyer Simone George met, Mark was blind; years later, an accident left him paralyzed as well. The couple was faced with wondering how to respond: “Optimist, realist or something else?” Their answer led them to an abundant and fulfilling love — and a mission to find a cure for paralysis. Visit the link in our bio to hear their amazing talk on balancing between acceptance and hope in times of grief. #MondayMotivation

Let's bring back the Presidential parrot. #wtffunfacts #wtffunfact

Male black widow spiders tell females they aren’t food by twerking.

Children are less likely to be arachnophobic after they watch a Spider-Man film.

In 2005, to protest against conditions in the cocoa industry, a Dutch reporter ate 17 chocolate bars then asked to be arrested and tried for child slavery. The judge wouldn’t convict him, and the reporter went on to found Tony’s Chocolonely company.

In the dim background of our mind, we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start. WILLIAM JAMES

In nineteenth century America, to be exhausted from nerves was to FEEL LIKE A BOILED OWL.

The gene that gives corgis their adorably short legs is autosomal dominant, so about 50% of corgi mixes share the trait - making them look like corgis in disguise as another breed. https://t.co/obgtro9pRV