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TIL that you are only born with two fears - the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. Every other fear is learned.

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LQdpV TIL in 1971, the Texas legislature unanimously passed a resolution honoring Albert DeSalvo, self-confessed “Boston Strangler”, for work in "population control"—after the vote, Rep. Tom Moore Jr. admitted it was an April Fool's joke—to prove they pass legislation with no research.
wLJpP TIL about the Memphis Peabody Marching Ducks. Every day at 11am they saunter down a red carpet to the hotel's water fountain, hang out for 6 hours then saunter back up to the rooftop. They've been doing this for over 30 years.
nWXMG TIL no one listens to the victims, especially when it's a child, until it's too late - and society makes the wrong people famous... A PARENTING ADVICE BLOGGER posted videos laughing over the fact she denied her children food TO PUNISH THEM and was AWARE 1 child was sexually abusing siblings?!
epyl6 TIL octopuses deliberately throw shells at each other. Researchers found that 66% of throws were made by females, often in response to mating attempts. For a creature with no thumbs or rotator cuffs, they had a 17% hit rate.
b691p TIL Postboxes have underground feet and aren't just bolted to the floor.