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TIL students at MIT conducted a study in which they told children to hold a Barbie doll, a Furby and a real hamster upside down for as long as they were comfortable. Although they knew the Furby was just a toy, they still felt guilty because it was programmed to cry and act scared.

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b6J7 TIL that Brian May, guitarist for Queen, has a PhD in Astrophysics. He abandoned his thesis work in 1971 to be a musician and went back and completed the thesis in 2007.
Wkn0X TIL that the iconic "DUN DUN DUN-DUN DUN DUN" hook in the Mission Impossible theme song was inspired by the Morse code sound for the movie's initials "MI" which is --.. or "dash-dash, dot-dot".
ADJMn TIL Hinduism deity called 'Ila' is an androgyne deity which is known for their sex changes. As a man, he is known as Sudyumna and as a woman, is called Ilā.
XoVj TIL that giant and colossal squids’ brains are donut-shaped and encase their esophagi - and that swallowing anything larger than 10 mm in diameter can result in brain damage.
x6yGD TIL an American TV series called Paper Empire starring Robert Davi, Denise Richards, Kelsey Grammer, Anne Archer, Wesley Snipes, Robert Knepper, Steve Guttenberg, Richard Grieco, Cuba Gooding Jr. and AnnaLyne McCord is currently shooting Season 3 despite Seasons 1 & 2 not having aired anywhere yet.