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TIL that 98% of adoptions in Japan are of males aged 25-30, so that family businesses can remain within the family.

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awxOb TIL that the US Air Force speculated on producing a non lethal psychochemical weapon that would discharge female pheromones to make the enemy soldires fall in love with each other
9xjQ TIL Reddit is 59% males
9Yjjr TIL that in 2016 a research ship was named The RRS Sir David Attenborough. An internet poll to suggest the name of the ship showed the actual winner was the name "Boaty McBoatface," but the Science Minister wanted a "more suitable name" and chose a different name from the poll's choices.
gMkGA TIL that the opposite of "déjà vu" is "jamai vu" -- the sensation that you know rationally that you should be familiar with a thing, but you have an eerie sensation that you are seeing the thing for the first time.
yQKYv TIL that psychologically, people prefer avoiding losses than gaining wins; it is better to not lose $5 than to find $5. This is called Loss Aversion. Some studies even have suggested that losses are twice as powerful, psychologically, than gains.