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TIL researchers from the UK’s Manchester Metropolitan University found that mice actually prefer sweets over cheeses

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x65o5 TIL about the Liking Gap. Most people underestimate how much other people actually like them.
Mw90 TIL in 2007, Stephanie Lenz posted a YouTube video of her children dancing to “Let’s Go Crazy.” Universal sent YouTube a takedown notice, claiming it violated copyright. The court ruled that copyright holders must consider fair use before issuing takedown notices for content posted on the internet.
dBMj TIL a 16 year old Russian boy won a month to live with a porn star after being the 100,000th visitor to an online video game store.
GeXG TIL that the BTK serial killer had a job installing security systems. Many of his clients booked the company to stop BTK from entering their homes, unaware that BTK himself was installing them.
Goag TIL: Scientists can take neurons from the skin and graft them into the brain. These neurons become fully functional and integrated into the brain.