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TIL that introversion and extroversion is a spectrum with "ambiversion" in the center. An ambivert is moderately comfortable with groups and social interaction, but also relishes time alone, away from a crowd.

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rNWDx TIL that Bothie the Polar Dog is the only dog to travel to both the South and North Poles. No other dog is expected to match Bothie's achievement of visiting both poles after the Antarctic Treaty of 1994, which has subsequently forbidden dogs from the Antarctic continent.
4VWR TIL dolphins protected a group of humans from a 4m white shark by circling the group and forming a protective shield
5ryr TIL that the last native Prince of Wales disappeared at the end of his rebellion in 1412 and managed to remain hidden despite a large bounty and an eventual pardon. His fate and location have remained a closely guarded family secret for over 600 years.
l778A TIL about Nigel, the “World's loneliest bird' who fell in love with a concrete replica and died beside it.
9Ynvp TIL anthropologists consider society’s reaction to human sex trafficking to be a “moral panic,” with inflated data points and well-publicized “horror stories” that have little basis in reality.