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TIL 'The Rule of Three' states that whatever energy a person puts out into the world, be it positive or negative, will be returned to that person three times. It originated with Wiccans, Pagans, and occultists. In India, there is a comparable idea of threefold Karma for past, present, and future.

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9wyj6 TIL: Bananas are radioactive - Bananas have naturally high levels of potassium and a small fraction of all potassium is radioactive. Consuming one banana would deliver a total dose of 0.01 millirem (0.1 microsieverts) of radiation. (This is a very small amount of radiation)
Vw0k TIL that for American women under 30, more than half of births occur outside of marriage.
4XR7X TIL Golden Poison Frog,one of the most toxic animals on Earth, can kill 10 adult humans with just 1mg of it's Poison. Interestingly Golden Poison frogs raised in captivity and isolated from insects in their native habitat never develop venom.
QgkL TIL that domestic cats instinctively don’t want to drink from the water bowl next to their food, and therefore seek it out first elsewhere in the house, because in the wild any water next to their kill might be contaminated.
N8W8 TIL that John R. Fox deliberately called for artillery fire on his own position, after his position was overrun, in order to defeat a German attack in the vicinity of Sommocolonia, northern Italy during World War II.