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TIL becoming a librarian requires a master's degree

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xV96g TIL: The phrase "[murdered] in cold blood" doesn't refer to someone being cruel. It refers to the killer having had time to think over the crime and still do it in a calculated way. As opposed to doing it in the "heat of passion", their blood had time to cool before they committed the crime.
mx7vx TIL the original "iPad" was released by Fujitsu in 2002 with Apple paying $4 Million for the trademark in 2010
ma9M TIL of an experiment in a hospital where the sign at a hand-washing station was changed from “Hand hygiene prevents you from catching diseases” to “Hand hygiene prevents patients from catching diseases” resulting in a 45% increase in the use of soap or hand sanitizer.
Z8Mva TIL that humans are the only primates with distinct white eyeballs, they probably evolved to make it easier for humans to follow another's gaze and thus read intentions, interest and improve social cooperation
yQVmp TIL that isolating a female cannabis plant from a male, can increase production of buds (richest THC source) as the female increases her efforts to attract pollen from the male plant.