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TIL that Agent detection is the tendency to assume purposeful action by an intelligent being in ambiguous situations. This likely evolved because assuming a predator or threat was present improved chances of survival.

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W5xL TIL that some cat breeds (called “puppy cats”) are bred specifically to exhibit dog-like behavior.
b9BJ4 TIL that U.S. Postal Service regulations originally stated that mail deliveries be made "as frequently as the public convenience may require". Residential customers received mail two or three times a day until 1950 and some businesses received mail up to five times a day.
ebnD TIL Charlton Heston narrated for highly classified military and Department of Energy instructional films, particularly relating to nuclear weapons. For six years, he held the nation’s highest security clearance.
v1XPR TIL after the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 the debris field stretched from Texas through Louisiana, and the search team was so thorough they found nearly 84,000 pieces of the shuttle, as well as a number of murder victims and a few meth labs.
ZOno TIL Japanese researchers have created a fire-alarm for the deaf. It’s a gadget that emits a wasabi mist which will wake the endangered person and get them out of the building alive!