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TIL that “research on one-day-old babies has found that boys look longer at a mechanical mobile while girls look longer at a face. This, as well as the effects of fetal testosterone on later behavior, is argued to be evidence against the sex differences being only due to socialization.”

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v1xEB TIL: Some scientists say certain objects' unexpected orbits must be due to the presence of a gigantic planet beyond the solar system's Pluto. However, an emerging theory says the region's gravitational anomalies are better explained if the proposed object instead is a tiny early-stage black hole.*
MxeK TIL Wade Hampton III allegedly killed 80 black bears using only a knife. He would corner the bear, make it charge then dart to the side and stab it in the heart.
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0GEv TIL that since 1967 the United Kingdom Home Office only counts a homicide if the murder ends with a conviction making it nearly impossible to compare homicides rates between the UK and other developed countries.