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TIL that bilingual children appear to get a head start on empathy-related skills such as learning to take someone else’s perspective. This is because they have to follow social cues to figure out which language to use with which person and in what setting.

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W7QO8 TIL that the Arctic Tern, because of its migratory route, can live two summers a year; it is, of all living beings, the one that receives the most sunlight during its life. It can travel an average of 70,900 km per year and live up to 30 years.
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