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TIL Cats learn the names of their friend cats in their daily lives

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LkMmr TIL about an Israeli Mossad agent by the name Eli Cohen who infiltrated the government of Syria and convinced them to plant trees which later was used by Israeli as targeting markers in the 6 day war.
M7AD0 TIL or rather realised after 31 years that the Pokemon Ditto originates from the phrase/word "Ditto"
OoaeL TIL that in the UK in 2009, the #1 Christmas song was "Killing in the name of" by Rage Against the Machine
yQka8 TIL that VHEMT(Voluntary Human Extinction Movement) is an enviromental movement that calls for all people to not reproduce. They support human extinction primarily to prevent environmental degradation.
6Exxm TIL of the "stability-instability paradox": as nuclear deterrence makes large-scale conflict between two powerful states unthinkable, it paradoxically increases the frequency of small-scale/proxy conflicts, as neither side fears the other will want to escalate a small conflict into a large one.