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TIL Vesta Stoudt, an Illinois mom working in a WWII munitions plant, invented duct tape

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VMB4Z TIL that young people who hold negative views on the elderly are more likely to age badly themselves
WNNd TIL it has been scientifically proven that praise rather than criticism is the best way to help employees improve
GyGE TIL An average cat has 1-8 kittens per litter and 2-3 litters per year. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years.
4vn5 TIL one of Brigham Young’s 55 wives bravely divorced him and wrote the best seller “Wife No. 19,” an autobiography lambasting Mormonism and polygamy.
OoPo7 TIL The Japanese government has been hosting speed-dating events in hopes that the result will lead to more children as the countries population has dropped by more than 1 million since 2010