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TIL dogs track orcas by sniffing for their floating poo

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Z8Rya TIL that the first female leader was Hatshepsut, Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh of Egypt. She reigned between 1473 and 1458 B.C. Her name means “foremost of noblewomen.” Her rule was peaceful and she was able to launch a building program that would see the construction of a great temple at Luxor.
v17JB Today I learned that seasonal depression is officially referred to as “seasonal affective disorder” and is abbreviated as SAD
W7RNL TIL about Cargo Cult, example being the Melanesian islanders during WWII in pacific theater. Once American and Japanese presence withdrawn in attempts to get cargo to fall by parachute or land in planes or ships again, islanders imitated the same practices they had seen the military personnel!
LQV7Q TIL about Avoidance Speech, a group of sociolinguistic phenomena in which a special restricted speech style must be used in the presence of or in reference to certain relatives
XE9BX TIL The city of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the world’s most expensive location for expatriates. Kinshasa rose by 26 places over the past five years to top the global rankings in 2016, ahead of all ranked Swiss cities occupying the global top 10