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TIL leatherback turtles eat an average 800 to 900 lbs of jellyfish every day.

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e0ANb TIL when parents do not give their infant enough attention, the child may develop "Avoidant Attachment". Left with a deep sense of emptiness, the child copes by being distant towards others, rejecting affection, avoiding emotional intimacy and showing little to no reaction towards pain and trauma
6EV9w TIL that it takes 9 days and 14 hours to watch all of The Simpsons straight in one run.
l16G TIL a 1997 study on affirmative action showed that, controlling for grades and SAT scores, “Whites were three times, Hispanics six times, and blacks more than 15 times as likely to be accepted at a US university as Asian-Americans.”
b6R89 TIL that blueberries (and cranberries) are true berries, produced from a single ovary with non permeable skin. Raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries, on the other hand, whose tissue holds hundreds of ovaries with permeable surfaces, are made up of smaller fruits.
WKJ8 TIL the Chinese takeout box is an American invention that has never been used in China.