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TIL Ric O'Barry transitioned from training dolphins for the TV show 'Flipper' to instead advocating against industries that keep dolphins in captivity, after one of the Flipper dolphins died in his arms.

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8JYZ TIL multitasking is a myth. What we call multitasking is actually ‘switch-tasking.’ There is actually a stop/start process that occurs in the brain when we switch between tasks. This process causes “more mistakes, and over time it can be energy sapping.”
OoDRL TIL The classic 101 Dalmatians animated film sold more tickets in the United States than Avatar or Avengers: Endgame
0d6gv TIL More than 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2023 — more than any year on record
e0AgE TIL that David Bowie did not suffer from heterochromia. Rather, he had a condition known as anisocoria, where one pupil is permanently more dilated than the other, as a result of a fistfight with a friend in his youth. That friend was George Underwood, his lifelong artistic partner.
ZoYG TIL starting in 2017 San Francisco will require new buildings to have solar panels