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TIL Hens can spontaneously become roosters
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TIL that there is no scientific basis for the Kübler-Ross “DABDA” model, aka the 5 stages of grief. The author herself insisted the stages didn’t all happen and not in any order. The model was embraced in pop culture because humans are naturally predisposed to explanations that tell a simple story.
oB85L
TIL that, like birds, some people can subconsciously tell which way is north
DRKe
TIL that Theodore Roosevelt once supported a bill that would have allowed the introduction of Hippos into the Bayous of Louisiana. It fell just short of being passed.
gQ74
TIL American POWs captured 2 days after Hiroshima bomb were rescued from angry mob by Japanese police captain, then discovered over a dozen US POWs had perished.
4XXJb
TIL that hip hop was created by a guy called DJ Kool Herc in the Bronx, NY