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TIL that offering a reward for a previously unrewarded activity is a shift toward extrinsic motivation and a weakening of pre-existing intrinsic motivation

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R5kMj TIL about space junk collectors
16RBD TIL The world's largest coin weighed almost 20kg (44lb)
ykNp TIL The word “scientist” did not exist before 1833. Before this, scientists were referred to as “natural philosophers”.
9YZnG TIL the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements. Buzz Aldrin asked for a moment of silence while he was on the moon and had his own communion. NASA then kept it a secret due to activist Madalyn O'Hair.
QNKe9 TIL that originally celsius degrees were meant to be reversed with water boiling at zero degrees and freezing at 100