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TIL of the Snake Detection Theory, which states that humans are remarkably good at noticing snakes, even when camouflaged or when we only get a brief glimpse of them.

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L9aP TIL that Simon Cowell praised Rebecca Black’s song “Friday”: “the fact that it’s making people so angry is brilliant”. He advised her to not “listen to anyone over the age of 18. I’m being deadly serious. Whatever she’s done has worked … she’s the most talked-about artist in America right now”.
Y7kaW TIL Henri LaMothe used to dive from a platform 40 feet in the air into a kiddie pool filled with 15 inches of water. He continued doing this well into his 70's
rR6Ay TIL that in 1990, the U.S Secret Service once raided the makers of a tabletop RPG game system, believing that one of their manuals (GURPS Cyberpunk) would help people commit computer crimes. The lawsuit resulting from it helped form the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
7n1X TIL that ~83% of Jewish Americans support same-sex marriage, far surpassing the national average of 55% and the 72% of the 18-39 year old demographic.
a8DM0 TIL of the existence of giant viruses. Their sizes rival that of some bacteria (1.5-2uM) and they encode thousands of unknown genes. One of the largest was discovered and revived in 2014 from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost, revealing thawing permafrost as a reservoir of ancient giant viruses.