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TIL although the NFL is 60% black, the top 33 scorers of all time are white (because they are kickers)

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vPpR TIL that praising a child’s intelligence is counterproductive and ultimately makes them dumber. However, praising the process of problem solving makes a child smarter.
x6AKb TIL that Napoleon's parents fought against the French conquest of Corsica. Napoleon was born three months after the conquest was successful, thus a French citizen and eventually its emperor.
WgPN TIL that one of the Vatican’s own astronomers, and the curator of of the Vatican’s meteorite collection, dismisses creationism as “…a kind of paganism”.
R7yY8 TIL The stars and lights you see when you rub your eyes is called phosphenes
k57e TIL rats are incredibly compassionate - showing more empathy driven behavior than some humans.