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TIL rats will work to free a trapped pal empathetically and altruistically even when there’s a tempting little pile of chocolate chips nearby

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ADwxB TIL that the presence of a hair growing out of a mole may indicate that the spot is actually healthy and noncancerous.
nWGDP TIL: On September 11, 1905, was the worst accident on the New York City elevated railways, resulting in 13 deaths and 48 serious injuries.
Y7jZ TIL that former journalist Solomon Shereshevsky appeared to have no limits on his ability to memorize, memorizing poems in foreign languages (which he could not understand) within minutes and recalling them verbatim years later; however he could not recognize faces because they were so “changeable.”
59n TIL Iceland has had a complete revolution within the past year, removing their government and bankers and bringing them to justice.
MeXl8 TIL Joe Kennedy, John F Kennedy's father, sold his entire stock portfolio before the 1929 crash because "a shoeshine boy gave him some stock tips. And He figured that when the shoeshine boys have tips, the market is too popular for its own good."