› added 5 years ago

285

TIL Gaze following is instinctual for many animals—including humans, chimps, dogs, goats, dolphins, and even the red-footed tortoise. Dogs glance back and forth between human and where the human is looking. The behavior, only seen before in humans and chimps, is called check backs or double looking.

Read more nationalgeographic.com

via reddit.com

ADB7d TIL about the QWERTY Effect in which people attach more positive meanings to words and names that can be typed with the right hand
l7v1G TIL There is a village populated almost entirely by realistic dolls in Japan.
woy7J TIL Woman's Day magazine originated in 1931 as a free leaflet with menu ideas given to A&P shoppers. By 1937, it had expanded into a magazine sold for 5 cents only at the store locations.
xVPWg TIL Male affection and physical contact wasn't a taboo until modern days. Men that were close friends used walk holding their hands without receiving weird looks from people.
R7XY7 TIL that Lord Krishna (Hinduism) changed himself to his feminine form Mohini and slept with Aravan who sacrificed himself in the war and granted three wishes. It is from Aravan’s lineage after his association with Krishna’s female form that the transgenders are said to have been born.