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TIL Morgan Freeman converted his 124-acre ranch into a giant sanctuary to protect honey bees

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0dWpN TIL that Student Syndrome refers to planned procrastination, when, for example, a student will only start to apply themselves to an assignment at the last possible moment before its deadline. According to an academic source, this induces a level of urgency high enough to ensure the task is completed
N7O8J TIL despite likely occurring multiple times a day across all oceans, the definitive causes behind rogue waves largely remain a mystery
WrmL TIL A group of writers purposely wrote a terrible novel full of nothing but sex scenes to prove how vulgar American literary culture had become. It became a bestseller.
KYd99 TIL that Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that increases an infected human's likelihood of dying by suidice by 43%, also increases an infected wolf's chance of being a pack leader by 4,600%.
W7ejL TIL About Silas Soule, a Little-Known Union Officer and Abolitionist Who Died Aged 26 for Testifying About the Massacre at Sand Creek