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TIL that a Siamese twin got away with a crime because they could not jail his innocent conjoined twin.

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5K5k TIL a company named LifeStylePets sold a new exclusive cat breed for $100,000 but a DNA-test proved they were reselling cheaper cats for extreme amounts
Y7G7 TIL a caretaker in China licked a rare monkey’s anus for an hour in order to save it’s life.
woAkP TIL that in 1992, British actor Rowan Atkinson (as Mr. Bean) and singer Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden released "(I Want to Be) Elected," a cover of Alice Cooper's single "Elected," in support of the British charity Comic Relief.
gMNv8 TIL: There is a psychological state called “helper’s high” whereby giving produces endorphins in the brain that provide a mild version of a morphine high. Research has shown that helping others lights up the same part of the brain as receiving rewards or experiencing pleasure.
XEj0R TIL feedback loops in Systems Theory. An example of feeback loops are birth rates( a reinforcing loop) and death rate( a balancing loop) all of which act on a giving population. Reinforcing loops enhance what is already existent( like a good investment) and balancing loops level things out.