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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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1aMk8 TIL of HMS Zulu and HMS Nubian, two partially damaged Royal Navy destroyers which, rather than scrapping both, were combined to make HMS Zubian.
160oP TIL that Los Angeles has oil rigs concealed in fake buildings all over the city including one that's meant to resemble a synagogue and even has a small island chain built off it's coast for the sole purpose of drilling oil. They are the only decorated oil islands in the United States.
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