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5VV4P TIL Quentin Tarantino directed an episode of CSI in 2005 after word of him being a fan of the show got back to the show's producers.
j6Eop TIL: To win a battle against the Egyptians, the Persians carried cats which the Egyptians considered sacred and would not harm. This gave the Persians an inital battlefield edge.
VBdMm TIL our brain suffers from the mere proximity of our smartphone: The "brain drain" hypothesis suggests that just having our smartphone nearby can use up some of our mental resources, leaving us with less ability to focus on other tasks.
awMBL TIL about manual babbling. Deaf children or children born to deaf parents babble with their hands instead of vocalized babbling. Thus indicating that babbling is not nonsense, but instead an important part of language acquisition.