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TIL The flicker fusion rate for a dog (the frequency of light that can be seen as fluid movement) is different for them so they see things on TV as more choppy

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mxMXx TIL that "Double Trouble" from Harry Potter is written using lines from Macbeth
xBgb TIL that doctors in countries with more “socialized medicine” only make slightly less annually than U.S. doctors. A major argument against social medicine is that doctors should be well-paid, and social medicine would demand major pay cuts.
10Kr TIL US mothers in the year 2000 put in 30% more hours into childcare than in 1965, even though families today are far smaller, far more moms work, and far more dads help out with childcare. In total about 6x more time and effort is put into the average modern child than one in 1965.
j6pJX TIL the Skyline from Fast and Furious 4 was seized in 2009 by the US Border Force due to import and registration issues but was eventually released and exported to Germany.
jNEEv TIL some trucks in North Korea are powered by burning charcoal because the price of oil is too high for most citizens.