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TIL Empathy in young people has been declining in the US since the 1980’s, with the steepest decline in the 2000’s.

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l5l1 TIL that sea stars (starfish) are actually top predators feared by everything else in their habitat. Removing them causes widespread effects throughout the ecosystem, just like removing wolves from the forest or lions from the savannah.
Wd9Y TIL The CFPB found that 61 percent of bank profits from consumer checking accounts come from overdraft and insufficient funds fees
rDOo TIL of Good Judgement Project, a group of 3000 average citizens who make more accurate predictions of geopolitical events, using sources available on Google, than the CIA.
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