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TIL of the Scunthorpe Problem, which is the unintended blocking of names by internet filters due to profanity included within the name (liebshitz, cockburn, etc)

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5YDG9 TIL six-month old infants recognize when adults imitate them, and perceive imitators as more friendly. The babies looked and smiled longer at an adult who imitated them, as opposed to when the adult responded in other ways and approached them on their own.
negxo TIL SIM card is not just an ordinary piece of read-only memory. It's a separate micro-computer with its own environment capable of running Java Card applets
P1kLE TIL: The biggest company to ever exist was East India Company, at its peak it account for half of the world's trade.
wL1lW TIL: Helium can kill iPhones due to a susceptibility in the processor oscillator.
MDEA TIL Lulu the kangaroo was rescued as a joey and hand-reared by a farmer and his family. When a branch knocked the farmer unconscious, Lulu stayed with him and ‘barked’ until the man’s family came, likely saving his life.