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TIL giving kids too much praise can undermine their self-esteem and make them anxious

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kOZX4 TIL that is 2011, Saudi Arabia detained an Israeli vulture on suspicion of spying after it was discovered with a GPS transmitter attached to it.
M7b0W TIL that in 1863, when Harriet Tubman was under the command of Union Colonel James Montgomery, she became the first woman to lead a major military operation in the United States when she and 150 African American Union soldiers rescued more than 700 slaves in the Combahee Ferry Raid in the Civil War.
Lkk5P TIL Alex was an African grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg. Alex could add, to a limited extent, correctly giving the number of similar objects on a tray.
A9ag TIL That unwashed eggs still have their protective coating, the bloom, and are safe to store on the counter. Many modern countries wash eggs before sale so they ‘look’ cleaner and safer, but this opens the pores of the shell for infection from bacteria during storage time.
MmD7 TIL: Nirvana were around less than 1/3 of the time of Foo Fighters but sold almost 3 times as many records