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TIL that we maintain a relatively stable of happiness despite changes in our external environment.

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gkjD TIL that there is an autonomous robot patrolling the Great Barrier Reef, finding destructive starfish and killing them by injecting them with poison
DQbp TIL the band “Limp Bizkit” chose their name to turn away people who judge music by the name of the artist.
X0kkk TIL in 2017, a man in Soka, Japan was arrested for stalking and assaulting young girls. He told the police that he copied the plan from the manga "Geiger Counter" where girls were assaulted by a man imitating a utility worker. Police requested that the author be more considerate in future works.
bVGQ TIL: In Italy, it is not a crime to steal food if you are hungry and have no other means of nourishment.
QJaPM TIL Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping studied abroad in Paris at age 16 as well as in Moscow later on. He worked in a Renault plant, factories, and developed two lasting passions in France -- one was for croissants; the other was for communism