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TIL: Most Thermostat Controls in Large Office Buildings Don’t Do Anything

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9YKyr TIL in 1857 Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as Canada’s capital because it was the midpoint between Toronto & Montreal thus a political compromise between English speaking & French speaking Canada
dD807 TIL A lady from 15th Century England called Julia Berners is responsible for starting the tradition of giving animal groups whimsical names.
dM0Q TIL that people suffering from Capras syndrome hold a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.
J91l TIL that people in a like-minded group tend to have more extreme and controversial views than they would if they were thinking on their own, a phenomenon called Group Polarization.
d8JNr TIL men who empty their ballsack five to seven times per week are 36 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer compared to those who ejaculated less than two times per week.