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TIL about a psychological phenomenon called "cute aggression" where people will react to seeing cute things with violent impulses.

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xV8XB TIL After a composer released a song that was just 60 seconds of silence, he was sued by the estate of a man who had released a similar track, called 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. His defense was, "I have been able to say in one minute what he could only say in four minutes and 33 seconds"
9w4wM Today I learned about the nutty putty cave incident's horror, where a 26 year old father went for an explore and took a wrong turn. After the wrong turn John Jones headed to a dead end and stuck upside down.
7LVZ TIL serial killer Rodney Alcala acted as his own attorney in his trial. For five hours he interrogated himself on the witness stand, asking questions addressed to “Mr. Alcala” in a deep voice and answering them in his normal voice.
KOD0w TIL The first settler to successfully grow commercial Tobacco was John Rolfe in Jamestown, in Virginia in 1609. In 1614, the first shipment was sent to England. In 1638, 3,000,000 pounds was being sent annually. By the 1680s, Jamestown was producing over 25,000,000 pounds for export to Europe.
kOJg1 TIL that urine is not sterile, it is a common myth that it is sterile