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TIL of Universe 25, an experiment which involved creating a controlled environment Utopia for mice, that ended with abnormal behaviours ultimately leading to the colony's extinction

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DkAj Today I learned that the title for Egyptian proctologists literally translates to “shepherd of the anus.”
yVWVp TIL that the Mr. Mister song ‘Broken Wings’ has the same lyric ‘take these broken wings, and learn to fly’ as the Beatles song ‘Black Bird’. Apparently both groups were inspired by the same poet-philosopher Kahlil Gibran
nem7W A new report found the seafood contains an alarming amount of plastic – and in fact, no sea creature is immune. It’s as if the ocean is wreaking its revenge
5V5Lk TIL that the MTR, Hong Kong's public transit system, has a 99.9% on-time rate, meaning 999 out of 1,000 passengers arrive at their destination within 5 minutes of their scheduled time
QNlrL TIL about the International Affective Picture System (IAPS), a large set of photos with subjects from the mundane (a basket or someone at the beach) to the provocative (burn victims or erotic nudes) used by researchers to elicit and study various emotional responses.