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e08bb TIL: Babies’ cuteness is key to their survival. Cute babies are just extremely hard to ignore, and this is likely hardwired into human brains. Less cute children are treated differently.
6Eowm Today I Learned that there's an event in Hawaii called Lahaina Noon, where the sun passes directly overhead.
DZke TIL that several years before the publishing of the renowned 1611 bible which was named after him, King James published a demonology describing the types of ghosts, spirits, vampires, fairies, witches, and even werewolves that haunt the land. It inspired Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
yVKEv TIL: The common birds around your yard often sleep nearby in flocks in trees, but not in nests--they abandon those soon after their eggs hatch. Birds on the edges of flocks often sleep with one eye open, including ducks that roost in water. Birds in the center sleep with both eyes shut.
8eXQL TIL that when the first rail bridge over the Mississippi River was being planned, riverboat operators pushed for rigid standards in hopes of making the bridge impossible. Instead, the bridge pioneered multiple engineering techniques and still carries road and rail traffic 150 years later.