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Our brains keep us 15 seconds 'in the past' to help us see a stable world

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DXXr TIL- Only 115 of the 800,000 reported “missing children” in the US is the result of a “stereotypical kidnapping". Most kidnappings in the US are by family members, often as a result of a custody dispute. Children are 20x more likely to be killed by a family member then by a stranger.
9Ym9B TIL that September 4th 1909, saw the first Boys Scout rally in Crystal Palace, South London. The gathering was organized by Baden-Powell & saw 11,000 boys in attendance. Amongst the thousands in attendance, a handful of girls crashed the event. Dressed in uniform, they called themselves Girl Scouts.
Zp7vR TIL of Eddie Gaedel, the shortest baseball player in MLB history. At 3'7", he wore the number "⅛" as part of a publicity stunt, but actually was awarded an at-bat during a double header in 1951. He walked on four pitches.
nedP TIL there is a material that is so dense, “if you had a cubic centimeter…, it would weigh 40 billion tons.”
QJoN9 TIL the deepest point on earth isn't the Mariana Trench, but a little whole dug "bored" Soviets