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TIL that the ‘declinism bias’ makes us think the world is getting worse despite evidence to the contrary.

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NOm1 TIL that poor neighborhoods in 60’s-era Washington DC suffered massive rat infestations until Julius Hobson began catching the “possum-sized” rats in a cage, strapping it to the roof of his car, driving them to the rich neighborhoods, and threatening to release them.
076A TIL there is a “reverse anorexia” causing (primarily) men with already muscular bodies to feel too small.
yVQGV TIL the Oingi Boingo song Little Girls was originally banned in Canada and was named "the creepiest music video of all time" by The Independent.
pgNp TIL: A Swiss couple in the Maldives paid £820 to have their their wedding vows renewed in the native Dhivehi language. When the wedding video was posted to YouTube, the subtitles revealed that the minister had actually been insulting them, calling them “infidels” and their children “bastard swine”.
VM8n4 TIL Elephants should not carry weight on their backs. Their spines have bony protrusions that make bearing weight painful and damaging.