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TIL male infants show a stronger interest in the physical-mechanical objects while the female infants show a stronger interest in social objects

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x61Og TIL Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, the progenitor to the Dupont family, one of the wealthiest of 19th and 20th-century USA, influenced Adam Smith's views on the economy, helped organize Poland–Lithuania's educational system, and was the originator of the idea that became the Louisiana Purchase.
R5re6 TIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restlessness, sweating, vomiting, and psychological phenomena such as the feeling of impending doom.
neQpB TIL the insulin pumps used by at least 350K Americans with diabetes (couldn't find the global number) were invented as a direct result of some of the earliest NASA technology from the Apollo program.
Bgm1W TIL that Pliny the Elder, the ancient Roman historian, died at the eruption site of Pompeii evacuating survivors out of the area. When his crew began to see ash falling on their vessel as they approached, they advised him to turn back. He responded "Fortune favors the bold" and continued on.
QYgL TIL two different men disappeared in Naples, Florida one year apart. Both were last seen being arrested by the same officer. Neither of them were officially ‘booked’ as the officer told investigators he dropped them both off at gas stations. Their bodies have never been found.