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TIL that there is a secret swimming pool in the Mojave Desert that anyone who finds it can use.

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8ayEK TIL that when female rabbits think they're pregnant they pull their fur out and make a nest.
nejOB TIL that the Duracell Bunny promotes battery everywhere in the world, except for the USA and Canada where Energizer holds the trademarks to a "battery bunny"
E11P7 TIL The Ironic Process Theory (a.k.a. the White Bear Problem) which refers to the psychological process whereby deliberate attempts to suppress certain thought makes them more likely to surface. For example, try to not think about a White Bear.
Z8K1Q TIL in 2015, a guide dog in New York was awarded the ASPCA’s “Dog of the Year” award for running in front of an oncoming bus to protect his blind owner, and didn’t leave her side until she received medical attention even though he suffered a broken leg.
lK7N TIL that Ben Franklin would ask his rivals to do him favors, and through cognitive dissonance they would end up liking him more and doing him more favors because of it. This psychological finding is pinned “The Ben Franklin Effect”