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TIL that in 2011, a man in Australia was convicted of child pornography after a digital copy of Victorian era erotic literature was found in his laptop

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gMlbX TIL How often you hold your baby actually affects their DNA. The researchers looked at a process called DNA methylation. When they compared the methylation between the children the cells of the low-contact children were less mature than they should have been given the child’s actual age.
gMlK8 TIL playing an instrument engages every major area on both sides of the brain, making it one of the best ways to engage your brain with benefits even at older ages (more in comment)
pYwlN TIL that the islands of Hawaii have no native mammals except for one species of bat
Y7a4W Today I learned that Druids gathered Mistletoe using Golden Sickles
ogVR TIL A Dutch Police Force Is Training Eagles To Combat Drones