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TIL peekaboo can help baby develop coping mechanisms for dealing with separation anxiety.

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b4AZ TIL before filming Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, director Alfonso Cuaron had the three lead actors write an essay about their respective characters. Emma Watson wrote a 16 page essay, Daniel Radcliffe wrote a 1 page summary, and Rupert Grint never turned his in.
yQbkJ TIL Of Robert Campbell, a World War One soldier who was a German prisoner, he learned that his mother was dying, and wrote to the Kaiser, asking to be released. His request was granted, with the condition that he had to return. Campbell spent a week with his mother, then returned.
OQy1 TIL the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) was first published to the internet in 1990 and is older than the first web browsers.
kJwGm TIL Kim Jong-il didn't understand that movies were fictional. He liked James Bond, Rambo, and Hong Kong action movies, but would watch them "as if they were records of reality."
XEV0D TIL there are people who keep leeches as pets.