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TIL that we want to “squeeze cute things to death” because we are too overcome with positive emotion and unable to process it such that we become aggressive.

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eBVJ TIL a substance called Dioxygen Difluoride (O2F2) is so volatile that it makes almost any organic substance ignite and explode at any temperature hotter than -300°F (-185°C). It can literally set ice on fire
MexGW TIL owls and crows instinctively hate one another, even if they've had no prior exposure. If crows see an owl out in daylight, they try to kill it.
loLjN TIL that a “touron” is park ranger slang for a tourist who behaves like a moron when entering a national park.
e64 TIL Fetuses masturbate [NSFW]
wLpkE TIL that British Member of Parliament, Arnold Wilson, joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in October 1939. He stated that "I have no desire to shelter myself and live in safety behind the ramparts of the bodies of millions of our young men."