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TIL that the iconic photo of a milkman in the Blitz is a fake

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wOR8 TIL that in 2017, the US will experience its first total solar eclipse since 1979, and that people from several countries are already trying to make hotel reservations―years in advance!
neOLo TIL That dogs and cats circle around before bedding down as a throwback to their wild ancestors. Their survival instincts provoked them to position themselves in the direction of the wind to pick up predator scents and choose the best angle for keeping an eye on the environment.
jNWGj TIL in the 17th century, Robert Boyle, the "Father of Modern Chemistry," compiled an improbable "wish list" he hoped science would one day accomplish. All but a few have come true.
mYOp TIL that Dr. Seuss, despite being an internationally renowned children’s author, never had children of his own, and even admitted that, “in mass, they terrify me.”
d86E8 TIL: the "law of the instrument", a cognitive bias that involves an over-reliance on a familiar tool. As Abraham Maslow said in 1966, "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."