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TIL that Lent is 46 days long (counting from Ash Wednesday to Easter), not 40.

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aWNM TIL Steven Segal once killed a puppy and 111 chickens while attempting to arrest a man…with a tank.
4kwba TIL that putting feelings into words reduced amygdala activity in an fMRI study, suggesting that simply labeling an emotion can dampen emotional reactivity.
5XkR TIL that octopuses are so intelligent, they’ve been known to escape their aquariums and crawl into others in search of food. They’ve even boarded fishing boats and opened holds to eat crabs.
bDD9 TIL when a Russian man’s family died in a 2002 plane crash over Germany, he tracked down the air traffic controller he felt was responsible and murdered them in front of their family. For this, he spent 3 years in a Swiss prison, then returned home and was appointed as a deputy to a govt. ministry.
wLZgo TIL Countries with high organ donation rates are due to consent form design. To consent, you do nothing. To deny, you check a box. Countries with low consent rates are due to the reverse design. To consent, you check a box. To deny, you do nothing.