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wLPQ7 TIL about Piaget’s theory of development. He believed infants in the early stages of development lack object permanence (the understanding that people and things still exist even when you can’t see them). Which would explain why peekaboo is so intriguing for them!
x65Gb TIL "Chris-R" from Tommy Wiseau's The Room is an Olympic Athlete
rNm50 TIL that the origins of the phrase "To a T" are uncertain. The T's true term and most likely source is a 'tittle'. A tittle being a small mark used in characters like i & j.
4ka0J TIL Scroll Lock is actually used by e.g. Excel
v1N1r TIL when creeping dogwood flowers open, their stamens snap upwards at 24,000 m/s^2 (nearly 54,000 mph), which flings the pollen at an acceleration of up to 3,000 G's - one of the fastest plant actions on Earth.