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TIL "Cute aggression" or the urge to squeeze cute animals or babies is the brain’s coping mechanism to temper the onslaught of positive feelings. Because if you find yourself incapacitated by how cute a baby is—so much so that you simply can't take care of it—that baby is going to starve.

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R7lw4 TIL Around half of all the debris in space today comes from just two events: a 2007 anti-satellite test by the Chinese government, and an accidental 2009 collision between two satellites.
gMryb TIL In order to rescue Ethiopian Jews, the Mossad bought and ran a profitable scuba diving resort in Sudan between 1982 and 1984. 8,000 people were safely smuggled to Israel.
xGd0 TIL that giant Elan are domesticated and prefered over cattle as they are immune to many diseases and poisonous plants, have triple the milk fat and protein, and can thrive in harsh conditions.
wdoM TIL: The CIA secretly pumped funds into abstract-expressionists, such as Jackson Pollack & Mark Rothko, in an attempt to make popular American freedom and expression art in contrast to rigid Soviet art
nerr7 TIL of the powerful Medici family of Florence, that produced four popes, two queens & other royals, influenced the renaissance age, bankrolled the church and kings, patronized Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo & Galileo, invented concept of ‘holding company’ and helped fund invention of the piano.