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TIL about 'extreme commuters', who find it cheaper to take a flight to San Francisco than to live there.

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4QWw TIL that your brain stops time for up to half a second when switching focus, most commonly noticed looking at the second hand of a clock.
D19OJ TIL about the Mako Mori Test, an improved version of the Bechdel test which examines whether or not a work of fiction includes at least one female character with her own narrative arc which does not exist to support the narrative arc of a male character.
VMkxQ Don’t worry, you’re not alone – our planet is bulging slightly around its midriff as well.
v18br TIL that Lynx Rufus (aka the bobcat) is 2 to 3 times the size of a domestic cat and has been around for nearly 1.8 million years and can be found across North America and Mexico.
LkD40 TIL - Shirley Temple was among the highest profile advocates about breast cancer awareness. In 1972 it was common for doctors not to tell women their diagnosis and to initiate mastectomy without their knowledge or consent because they were thought unable to deal with the news of their affliction.