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TIL Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love Calvin Klein’s Obsession for Men. The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness.

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YR47 TIL that the symbol @ possibly has its origins in the 6th century AD when monks adopted it as an abbreviation of the word “ad” - Latin for “at”.
VM8Yp TIL researchers asked four people to do random acts of kindness for others. Not only did it improve their own mood, but caused those strangers to be kinder to other people too. There is a ripple effect to kindness.
P15ve TIL During World War II, a Pennsylvania dentist proposed to President Roosevelt to bomb Japan with timed explosives attached to thousands of bats.
6ENMl TIL that Kelsey Smith-Briggs was murdered 4 months after a judge ordered her return to her biological mother's home, despite repeated reports of abuse. She was only 2 years old.
rNAZe TIL Alex Trebek nearly became a priest. In college, Trebek considered becoming a priest and went so far as to spend a summer at a Trappist monastery. But it was the vow of silence that changed his mind. He later said, “I’m not one to keep my big mouth shut.”