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R7ZAQ TIL that when you hold the Control key and hit the right or left arrow it moves the courser by word and not letter. My life just changed forever!
5RYp TIL that people who prefer to listen to U2, Radiohead, and Beethoven tended to score the highest on their SATs. In contrast, their consistently lowest scoring counterparts preferred listening to Lil Wayne and Nickelback.
BQVy TIL the reason TED talks are 18 minutes are because that is long enough to be serious, short enough to hold someone’s attention, and about the same length of time as the average coffee break.