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TIL of Nystagmus which is a condition of involuntary eye movement. Infants can be born with it but more commonly acquire it in infancy or later in life. In many cases it may result in reduced or limited vision. Due to the involuntary movement of the eye, it has been called “dancing eyes”.
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TIL Research suggests that infants laugh in peekaboo because it’s the very first “joke” that a child enjoys. The initial anxiety caused by the mother’s disappearance is resolved by her anti-climactic reappearance. This is the basic structure of a joke, which elicits pleasure in humans.
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TIL that Barbie was created by Ruth Handler, who saw a market for adult dolls since most at the time represented infants. Barbie was redesigned from a doll she found in Germany that was depicted as a “working girl” and described as sassy, ambitious, and “a gold-digger, exhibitionist, and floozy.”
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TIL that in an effort to demonstrate the importance of human and social interaction, Frederick Il (13th century) conducted an experiment amongst 50 babies. He assigned foster mothers to physically care for the children but forbade them to fondle, pet or talk to them. All 50 infants died.
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