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TIL children develop stronger bonds and derive more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their siblings, more so if the pets are dogs.

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8a9aV TIL that actress Olivia de Havilland, who got her first Oscar nomination in 1939 for her role in Gone With the Wind (at age 23), is still alive. She's 103.
16D8O TIL Football (soccer) team manager Mikel Arteta hired professional pickpockets to steal phones and wallets from his players to teach them the importance of being ready, alert, and prepared at all times.
6EEm TIL the oldest obsidian bracelet, found in Turkey, is dated to c. 7500 BCE. The symmetry of the central annular ridge is extremely precise, to the nearest degree and nearest hundred micrometers, forcing researchers to rethink the manufacturing skills of “hunter/gatherers”.
pOw4 TIL Walt Disney’s staff once presented him with a cartoon on his birthday depicting Snow White having sex with the seven dwarfs. Disney applauded at the film’s ingenuity and casually wondered who was responsible. When the blushing illustrators identified themselves, Disney fired them.
LQW1d TIL that since 2009 Walt Disney World in Florida is officially twinned with Swindon in the UK. Disney executives did not actually visit Swindon but instead made their choice after watching a promotional video put together by a town resident containing similarities between Swindon and Disney studios.