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TIL according to top addiction experts, “Giving your child a smartphone is like giving them a gram of cocaine”.

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ognW TIL that the World Health Organization listed homosexuality as a mental illness until the 17th May 1990.
WkxxL TIL that the world's oldest cat died at the age of 38. She was born in 1967, and died in 2005
lZ6V TIL that Auroville an experimental township in India has its own political system, it’s own laws and with no currency, still a sustainable economy. There are currently 2345 people who live in harmony above all creed , all politics and all nationality. It’s main purpose is to realize human unity.
QN44k TIL that, despite their reputation as outlaws, pirates often operated on democratic principles. Everyone had to vote to make any major decisions, and even captains can be voted out. Pirates even had a system of workers compensation, with the crew maintaining a central fund to help injured pirates.
EOoV TIL Kim Jong-il was granted 54 titles, including ‘Glorious General, Who Descended From Heaven’, 'Highest Incarnation of the Revolutionary Comradely Love’ and 'Amazing politician’.