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TIL that finding evidence of even microbial life on Mars could be very bad news for humanity. One of the most popular solutions to The Fermi Paradox is that there exists a “Great Filter” for life. Finding evidence of life elsewhere would mean the the filter is most likely still ahead of us.

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aZeZ TIL Tests done since 1933 show that people who talk about their intentions are less likely to make them happen.
bjNZ TIL Certain Psychopaths (“short of full blown”) Can Make Effective CEOs Due To Traits Such as “superficial charm,” ability to manipulate, “coolness under pressure,” “lack of empathy. ”
46PX TIL Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna was known for being a brat, even described by some as evil. When she was young she put a rock inside a snowball and threw it at her sister. Later in her teens she stuck her tongue out at the man who would order her assassination.
X0oLD TIL most blind people with no perception of light experience continual circadian desynchrony
OGBrY TIL scientists made a computer model and concluded that giraffes would perform poorly compared to other mammals and are hence likely to avoid swimming if possible.