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Today I learned cockroaches have individual personalities.

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9YDer TIL Self-consciousness arose because of Social life and Mutual recognition, according to the World's most-cited Neuroscientist. This view was envisioned by 19th century Philosopher Hegel.
b99mp TIL that since 1405 until the present day without interruption, the city of Lausanne (Switzerland) has maintained a lookout in the Cathedral bell tower. The lookout announces the time by yelling the hour from 10 pm to 2 am, 365 days a year. The lookout cries the hour to each cardinal direction
vPZjj TIL In 2014, China's first astronaut Yang Liwei joined Buzz Aldrin at the International Planetary Congress to explore possibilities for expanding human spaceflight cooperation. The movie "Gravity" was part of a discussion on rescuing astronauts in peril between space stations
KYoWE TIL: That despite intense behind the scenes actions, Pope Pius XII was resolved not to issue any public pronouncement that took sides in WWII; this first manifested itself in a refusal to explicitly condemn the German invasion of Poland.
lrj1 TIL that in America, even “lead-free pipes” can be up to 1/400 lead, and the limit was 8% lead up until two years ago