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TIL: Playing narrative based video games enhances literacy

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mxnYp TIL that cat allergy is not related to the cat fur at all. Animal allergy is caused by the microscopic sticky pet dander proteins that float in the air, carrying saliva, dust and other allergens around.
8aOgL TIL of the Japanese spider crab. They have the greatest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 12.1 feet from claw to claw, and can weigh up to 42 pounds. It is reported to have a gentle disposition despite its ferocious appearance.
Ab8a TIL that during Mao’s China in 1958, thousands of sparrows were killed to try and alleviate a ‘pest’ problem they posed. In 1960 a huge amount of locusts appeared in China and ate all the crops due to the fact that their natural predator had been destroyed. 20 million Chinese people died after
VBk6p TIL that the French mass media corporation Vivendi was originally founded in 1853 as a water company by an imperial decree from Emperor Napoleon III
98yM TIL that Eva Vertes discovered an important compound that stops the death of brain cells, a crucial step in a cure for Alzheimer’s, when she was 17