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TIL cats may spend as much as half of their waking hours licking themselves and those they care about.

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8aeK4 TIL There are weekly weather reports for Mars.
D1WKg TIL a light bulb in Livermore, California has burned continuously for over 117 years. Conspiracy theorists see it as a symbol of planned obsolescence, but its longevity can be attributed to its extremely inefficient design.
LmOr TIL that praising a child’s intelligence may encourage them to only engage in low-risk tasks in which their intelligence won’t be challenged, as learning takes a backseat to praise-seeking. This will often last throughout adulthood. Want better results? Praise them on their efforts instead.
p8WQG TIL about the Rosenhan experiment where fake patients feigned hallucinations to enter psychiatric hospitals were diagnosed with schizophrenia and continued to be treated even after they started acting normally proving that it's nearly impossible to distinguish sane from insane in a psych ward.
Y70aW TIL The tides and the full moon played a critical role in the timing of the D-Day Invasion of Nazi-occupied France