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TIL: Research shows that congratulating a toddler by praising them directly can discourage them from working hard because they believe their abilities are "fixed" at a high level.

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e0JeL TIL that Japan's population is rapidly declining, and Tohoku University established a countdown to national extinction - research estimates that the nation "will have only one remaining child in 4025".
Me40V TIL in 1988, King Hussein of Jordan arbitrarily and without notice revoked the citizenship of tens of thousands of Arabs living in the West Bank, in violation of international and Jordanian law
JY8j1 TIL Viruses kill about 25-30% of the living material in the oceans every day. When they infect and kill organisms, nutrients such as carbon and phosphorous are released into the ocean. This keeps microbes and phytoplankton thriving. If you take the viruses out of seawater, photosynthesis stops
Bg7BD TIL that Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, an immigrant from Spain, was one of General Burnside’s division commanders in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
v16X8 TIL that the virtual currencies of games like RuneScape are worth more than the currency of Venezuela