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TIL more and more people are booking cruises on cargo ships. Passengers like it because they are less crowded, there are less distractions, and you can go on routes traditional cruise ships don't frequent

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XrLD TIL Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s has anosmia and has no sense of smell and a reduced sense of taste. This is why Ben and Jerry’s ice cream has more large, chunky ingredients.
b9pMj TIL Pigeons can understand when a flock leader is doing a poor job and course correct. The poor leader will also spend less time as head bird and lose flock mates due to poor performance.
Z8KbY TIL of compass plants which tend to align their leaf blades on a North-South axis. This is the optimal alignment for minimal sunlight exposure.
W76P8 TIL breathing into a paper bag to ease anxiety attacks is a real thing, with science to back it up, and not just something seen on TV/Movies.
1anJV TIL Burt Reynolds was considered for the role of Michael Corleone but Brando said he would walk if they cast him. “He is the epitome of something that makes me want to throw up. He is the epitome of everything that is disgusting about the thespian, he worships at the temple of his own narcissism.”