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TIL that dogs can develop obsessive-compulsive disorder from playing with laser pointers, because they’re unable to complete the instinctual “catch” behavior, which causes chronic anxiety and fixation.

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yQvNp TIL that the character of Lois Lane was based on pioneering investigative journalist Nellie Bly, known for her undercover exposé as an inmate of a mental institution in 1887. She also reported on Europe's Eastern Front during World War I and took a trip around the world in a record-breaking 72 days.
b9wjZ TIL NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a tradition of passing around a lucky jar of peanuts throughout mission control during critical events. The tradition started with the Ranger 7 Moon-imaging mission in 1964, which was the first successful Ranger mission after six previous failed attempts.
pdgG TIL that when you start liking a person just because they like you and show interest in you is actually a psychological phenomenon known as Reciprocal Liking
d8l8 TIL Rep. Joe Barton (R–Texas) is against wind energy because “wind is God’s way of balancing heat,” and fears that wind turbines will slow down the wind thus heating up the earth. He also claims wind is a “finite resource.”
j694v TIL there's a telescope in Texas that was shot 7 times 50 years ago and it still works at 99% capacity