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TIL of anthropocentric bias, or the view of all things solely through a human-centered lens, prioritizing human values above the intrinsic worth of non-human entities. Measuring non-human animal intelligence by their use of tools over nest building is one example.

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0gMM TIL that a tribe once surrendered to Julius Caesar, only to launch an attack later on. As punishment for the deceit, he sold the entire surviving population of about 53,000 people into slavery.
kJGde TIL that for several years after the acclaimed 1974 film The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three came out, transit authorities would avoid having trains scheduled at 1:23.
VwL4 TIL that a Finnish sniper had over 705 confirmed kills. 505 of which were from his Mosin Nagant rifle, which he used only his iron sights. The rest of the kills were from his submachine gun.
jNrAR TIL that early in his imprisonment, Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, befriended Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and Ramzi Yousef, a perpetrator of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The trio discussed religion and politics and formed a friendship that lasted until McVeigh's execution in 2001.
x6NEg TIL in 2009 Nine women were rescued from what they thought was a Big Brother reality show house but turned out to be a criminal organization.