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TIL a survey of almost 7,000 people found that people felt more energetic and positive after watching cat videos. The pleasure they got from the videos was greater than the guilt of procrastinating. Dog videos work, too.

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xVk1 TIL a Nisei soldier had his arm shot off as he was about to throw a grenade into a German bunker and then pried the grenade from his severed hand and threw it into the bunker, taking it out. Oh yeah, he’s also the most senior US Senator.
6yW7 TIL in 1982 Vincent Chin was beaten to death in a Detroit suburb. The perpetrators were Chrysler plant superintendent Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz. The attack was motivated by U.S. auto manufacturing jobs being lost to Japan, although Chin was Chinese. They served no jail time.
b99kE TIL plague doctors in the 17th century wore a bird-like mask filled with dried flowers and spices to keep away bad smells, which were thought to be the principal cause of disease. This was later disproved by Germ Theory.
aw5m9 TIL when he was 13, Davy Crockett attacked a school bully. Fearful of his father’s punishment, he ran away from home. Over the next two and a half years, he did odd jobs, learned several woodsman skills and traveled around in 3 states. When he finally returned home, his family couldn't recognize him
7ryYb TIL that knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem was widespead in Old Babylonia(Iraq today) 1900 years BC, more than 1000 years before Pythagoras was born.