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TIL Cows moo in “regional accents”

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x65mB TIL that a moose will swim in water to eat the aquatic vegetation. Though they prefer shallow water, there was an eyewitness account of a moose diving at 18 feet of water to eat just the vegetation.
LB60 TIL People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, suggesting that there is a neurobiological basis to beauty
yVV7v TIL that the reason chips bags are half empty is because it is package with nitrogen gas to protect it from damage during transit
nW4Do TIL about “compersion”, which is the emotion associated with seeing your romantic partner have sexual relation with another, and is practically the opposite of jealousy.
QGv9 TIL The most widely used map today, known as the Mercator projection map, depicts the continents’ sizes distorted, for example, Alaska appears to be three times larger than Mexico, although Mexico actually is larger than Alaska