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TIL Lottery Winners and Paralyzed Accident Victims stabilized to similar levels of happiness in a 2004 study analyzing adaptation theory

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lX5V TIL if you tape two halves of a ping pong ball to your eyes, and stare at a red light while listening to the radio tuned to static, you will have complex and vivid hallucinations. The Ganzfeld Procedure.
gMew8 Today I learned there are jaguars living in the United States and the most famous one is named El Jefe
p8mmA TIL Researchers historically have avoided using female animals in medical studies specifically so they don't have to account for influences from hormonal cycles. This may explain why women often don't respond to available medications or treatments in the same way as men do
rNd9y TIL the shortest-ever NHL career was 7.6 seconds, when Jorge Alves entered the game as an Emergency Backup Goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes
N7xx6 TIL about the death of Gloria Ramirez, also known as ‘The Toxic Lady’, whose blood’s exposure caused 5 medical staff to be hospitalized and 23 to experience symptoms