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TIL Giving oxytocin to virgin rats could trigger maternal behaviours: the animals would build nests, lick or crouch over unfamiliar pups and even return lost pups to the nest.

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gM5VX TIL Prince’s classic film Purple Rain was remade in the Saharan state of Niger, where there is no word for Purple. The film and song have the name Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai which, translated, means “Rain the Color of a Blue With Red in It.”
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nWXoY TIL that Ian Fleming got the name James Bond from an ornithologist, whose works he admired. Fleming chose the name Bond to sound blunt and everyday.