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TIL Dolphin moms use ‘baby talk’ with their newborns

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0drbR TIL of the Battle of Crysler’s Farm, where British and Canadian soldiers held off an American invasion force, that had nearly 10x their numbers.
a8M0y TIL the U.S. Army National Guard has a "Rainbow Division," formed in World War I from many states
GxnJ TIL drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45-60% rather than by using a hand dryer, which will increase it by 255%. This is because the dryer blows out bacteria living in the conveniently warm, moist environment
p8rnQ TIL the first detailed medical description of Parkinson's Disease is over 200 years old, yet we still don't know what causes it, how to detect it before symptoms show, and there is still no cure.
ybZ8 TIL Christian Bale saw Tom Cruise on the Late Show with David Letterman while preparing for his role in American Psycho. Cruise’s “intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes” became the inspiration for how Bale would portray the psychopathic murderer.