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

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WkOYo TIL Human sperm can have antidepressant qualities
o94L TIL That spicy foods make us want alcoholic beverages. Spicy food lovers are also more likely to be alcoholics.
1WL4 TIL Fanta is available in hundreds of flavors, including “Mushroom,” “Red Tangerine,” “Lychee Soursop,” and “Banana Fermented Milk”
P16G TIL that American Indians called themselves “red” and Chinese people called themselves “yellow” long before they encountered Europeans. [pdf]
Zpx8D TIL famous psychologist B.F.Skinner trained street pigeons to guide rockets by training them to recognize the pattern of a target, and to peck when they saw the target. As the pigeons pecked, cables harnessed to each one’s head would mechanically steer the missile until it finally reached its mark.