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TIL Research shows that children as young as 4 dislike and are willing to punish those who freeload off the work of other group members. They also make a distinction between those who freeload intentionally and those who have good reasons to be unable to contribute.

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KOxLE TIL: That a retreating Austrian army of 3000 men accidentally encountered Napoleon leading a force of only 1200 French in the middle of the night. Napoleon tricked the Austrians into thinking his entire army was present and captured the larger force without as single shot being fired.
7rQRr TIL about Dr Denis Mukwege, a congolese gynecologist who specialised in women victims of extreme sexual violence. Threatened, he exiled with his family, but the Congolese women joined forces for him to come back. He now works in Bukavu where he is under constant protection from the UN.
NX8dQ TIL a scene from a Season 1 episode of Pokemon, in which Pikachu stops and explodes a wave of missiles (in cyberspace), had animation effects that triggered seizures for 685 children, 150 of which were hospitalised.
m1kxo TIL Spike Lee negotiated with a Brazilian drug lord to allow him to film Michael Jackson's 96 music video 'They Don’t Care About Us' in a Rio de Janeiro slum. The drug kingpin replied “With Michael Jackson here, this will be the safest place in the world.”
VBGPZ TIL Nauru has the highest obesity rate in the world (94.5% overweight, 71.7% obese), caused by the rapid adoption of Western diets after the phosphate mining boom. Traditional diets of fresh fish and vegetables were replaced by processed foods—with devastating health effects.