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TIL that Mother Teresa secretly confided in friends frequently about her lack of belief in God

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0dGbv TIL that certain patterns and correlations in eye-tracking data may reveal the user’s sex, age, ethnicity, personality traits, drug-consumption habits, emotions, fears, skills, interests, sexual preferences, and physical and mental health.
M7R5A TIL about the least weasel, the smallest member of the genus Mustela. Relative to body size, the weasel has a stronger bite force than a lion, tiger, hyena, or even a bear. Though it happens rarely, least weasels are capable of killing prey far larger than themselves.
gMWN8 TIL the same apple tree from which an apple fell and supposedly hit Isaac Newton, inspiring his theory of gravity, is still growing at his family home over 350 years later
gmX7 TIL that the entire LOTR trilogy, all Star Wars movies and all but one of the Harry Potter films fail the Bechdel Test, which tests for three requirements: 1. Two named female characters. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something other than a man.
N71pP TIL Yawns are contagious because of social mirroring, which makes animals mimic social cues due to mirror neurons in the brain.