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TIL of decision fatique, that feeling when you’re overly stressed by the endless amount of decisions you’ve had to make throughout the day - from what to eat for lunch to more complicated decisions that involve our emotional, financial, and physical well-being.

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p8rbA TIL: A Siamese cat's coloration is dictated by genes that are sensitive to temperature, which is why the cooler parts of their bodies (ears, paws, tail) are colored dark, while the rest of them is light-colored.
5VPxk TIL the shortest commercially available flight in the world is between Westray and Papa Westray
4Xy6J TIL of the Saratoga Springs Legend. A claim that crisps were invented in New York, despite being invented in England decades earlier. This legend continued into at least the 1970s when a major advertising campaign attributed the invention of crisps to the US.
mR6E TIL in 2010, a 3-year old boy playing with his father’s metal detector for the first time discovered a 16th century golden pendant estimated to be worth $4 million.
PYWQJ TIL that ice worms are a family of worms that live entirely in glacier ice, feeding on algae, and are unique among animals because their metabolism increases as temperature drops.