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TIL: memory foam mattress get firmer in cold temperatures

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7r7L TIL Raccoons can figure out how to open several complex locks in less than 10 tries, and they can remember solutions to tasks for up to 3 years.
1Gv8 TIL The definition for ‘literally’ now includes 'in effect; in substance; very nearly; virtually,’ which literally changes the definition of literally. The phrase 'He was literally drowning in his own tears’ is grammatically correct, even if the person isn’t, in reality, drowning in their own tears.
KO6jE TIL that Australia was once home to a flightless bird known as the Demon-Duck of Doom
W71Ed TIL that Daryl Hall and John Oates have never called themselves Hall & Oates. Every album they've released has each person's full name on the front cover, and they have stated in interviews that they dislike the shortened moniker.
VM0jZ TIL that Joko Widodo, the current president of Indonesia, is such a big heavy metal fan that the Danish prime minister gave him Metallica's Master of Puppets box set as a diplomatic gift. The box set was signed by Metallica's drummer, Lars Ulrich.