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TIL children as young as three are able to recognize the same 'cute' infantile facial features (a set of traits known as the 'baby schema') across different species. They also find images of adult dog faces cuter than both adult cats and human faces.

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VBGA0 TIL records indicate at least 700 children were born in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
4kEP5 TIL that 60 percent of people who attempted suicide are vitamin D deficient
EQk7 TIL that Lawrence Summers used to be the President of Harvard, but was forced to resign following comments he made suggesting that discrimination might not be the main reason men outnumber women in tenured STEM positions at top universities.
VBWQ0 TIL in 2012 a Japanese scientist created a set of violin strings out of spider silk. They have ‘a soft and profound timbre’ when played.
dDEJB TIL that saving $2k a year from age 19-26 would leave you with more money at 65 than if you invested the same amount from 27-65. At 10% a year average returns, the person who saved for seven years would have over $1M, while the person who saved for almost 40 years would have about $800k.