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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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nemrG Climate change has not been kind to Antarctica. According to a comprehensive new study, global warming has already bled the frigid continent, which is larger than Europe, of about 2.7 trillion tons of ice. This enormous amount of ice has already raised global sea levels by as much as a centimeter.
p8bwp TIL of Francis Salvador – elected to South Carolina’s Provincial Congress in 1774, he’s considered the first member of the Jewish faith to hold elective office in America. Killed in a joint Loyalist/Cherokee ambush in 1776, he became the first Jewish soldier to die for the Patriot cause.
9Vpp TIL Welsh people believe that America was discovered by a member of their royal family in 1170, who then settled in North Dakota and founded a Welsh-speaking tribe
M7xjK TIL after being scolded by a woman who felt that his shoes were too expensive for kids, Shaq forwent a $40 million deal with Reebok & signed one with Walmart. He then brought in designers from Reebok so that his Walmart shoes would look costlier than the $20 price. Over 400 million pairs were sold.
nW8E9 TIL Fifty Shades of Grey started as a Twilight fanfiction named Masters of the Universe. There are even pdf copies on the internet where Christian and Anastasia are still named Edward and Bella.