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TIL after fathers drown at sea, people in the fishing village Skinningrove, England, have a ritual to take the sons out to ensure they don’t get fearful of it.

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4kgJg TIL the founder of Utilitarianism had his body preserved & displayed in a British college. He's currently chillin' in the student center.
1aR5X TIL that the "red eye" effect in flash photographs is caused by the flash bouncing off your retina. When you see "red eye", you are literally seeing the back of your eyeball through your dilated pupils.
6Y4l TIL: That Golden Retrievers are the closest descendants of the now extinct Russian Tracker, a breed reportedly so intelligent it kept flocks of sheep alive for months, with no human help.
4X0BJ TIL the most popular vehicle of any kind in the world—is the Chinese Flying Pigeon. Since 1950, more than 500 million Flying Pigeon PA-02 bicycles have been made
aJAM TIL the Curiosity sang “Happy Birthday” to itself on Mars to commemorate one year on the Martian surface