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TIL that "Forgotten Baby Syndrome," the tragic phenomenon behind infant hot car deaths, is caused by change in routine and can happen to anyone

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XEbeP TIL that most Korean dramas use a live-shoot format. A few episodes are made before the series airs and they continue filming afterwards. Episodes are then filmed the week they are aired. This allows for script changes to improve ratings, but causes stress for the actors.
4dXR TIL that in 1989, a group calling itself “The Breeders” deliberately caused a medfly infestation in California, devastating crops and causing millions in damage. No suspects were ever identified.
wLVD1 TIL Gwen Stacy was killed off in the Spider-Man comics because Stan Lee was in a rush to get to a meeting in Europe; Wanting to get his writers out of his office, he told them, "If that's what you wanna do, okay," without realizing what he'd just agreed to. He came back to find Gwen dead.
4kAPa TIL That people think in different ways. People who think in the verbaliser style have spoken word associations (ex: talk to themselves in their head) and people who think in the imager style think in images; and there are people who use both styles.
n6LY TIL That polar bears have a bone inside their penis to keep an erection going, and that pollution is causing the bones to weaken to the point where the bones are breaking.