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TIL: Coretta Scott King used to baby sit John Lithgow
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TIL that the last surviving veteran of the Crimean war(1853) died in only 2004, he was a tortoise called Timothy who served with the Royal Navy
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TIL: "Jumbo" was a male African bush elephant who was an attraction for PT Barnum. He was hit by a train in St. Thomas, Ontario and died. He was not named Jumbo because of his size; we got the word "jumbo" because of his name.
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TIL modern cattle are all descended from about 81 cows, captured and domesticated in the Anatolia region of Turkey (Asia Minor) about 11,000 years ago
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TIL 2 aspects of dual process theory argues our consciousness actually includes 2 layers- The implicit portion- the part of your mind that reacts/responds automatically, or without conscious thought. The aspect of your consciousness that is truly conscious and controlled is the explicit portion.
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TIL: In 2009, the President and Cabinet of the Maldives held a meeting underwater - in SCUBA gear - to sign a declaration calling for global cuts in carbon emissions. The Maldives is expected to disappear under rising seawater this century.