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TIL of eight deaths related to ingesting liquid laundry packets (i.e. Tide Pods) in the U.S. between 2012 and early 2017 that have been reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, only two of the cases were actually children, with six of them being adults with dementia.

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JYvwv TIL Clinically, what is often seen as "relaxation" in a scruffed [grabbing the animal by the loose skin at the back of the neck] adult cat is actually behavioral shutdown, or learned helplessness that occurs when an animal experiences a very high level of fear and stress.
Mev6K TIL: The message to new moms? Leave dad alone with baby. “Studies have actually shown that children who get more attention from their fathers in their first five years of life, actually have better reading scores in school”
b6Dr4 TIL Batman’s fascination for and attraction to bats is due to a unique psychological response to fear and anxiety called a“counterphobic attitude” which involves a person actively seeking out the sources of the things that frighten them in the hope of overcoming their fears and becoming stronger.
M7omA TIL Disney's "Susie the little blue coupe" (the film that would directly inspire the design philosophy of Pixar's "Cars") is in the public domain due to failure of copyright renewal. The soundtrack however remains in copyright.
5VaG8 TIL about Al Copland, the Popeye’s founder who was caught bribing a governor and threw elaborate Gatsby-esque parties