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TIL that reading fiction can help boost your empathy by practicing your ability to see the world through other people’s eyes, whether it be the author’s or a character’s.

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PYkae TIL that John Wilkes Booth’s grave is marked by a small plain headstone in his family’s plot. Every day people show their “respect” play placing pennies on it facing downwards.
wXmo TIL that on the set of Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren punched Sylvester Stallone so hard that the hospital staff thought he was hit by a car.
7rwaZ TIL In 2018, over 300 people drowned in Germany. The drownings have been linked to 'parents phone fixation.' In the past, parents spent more time with their children in the swimming pool. Increasingly, parents are fixated by phones and not paying attention to their children.
eARE TIL that “Rubber Duck Debugging” is when a programmer explains code to a rubber duck in hopes of finding a bug.
gBbb TIL the Air Force learned by flying its C-17s in a large V formation similar to geese, they saved more than 10 percent of fuel — or millions of dollars