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Today I learned about Sensory Specific-Satiety - a mental phenomenon that refers to the declining satisfaction generated by the continuous consumption of a certain type of sensory stimulation, i.e food, and the consequent renewal in appetite resulting from the exposure to a new flavor or stimulus.

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nvnY TIL Mark Twain was born during a visit by Halley’s Comet and predicted he would die during its next visit. He wrote “here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together” He died the day after Halley’s Comet returned.
xo5b TIL In 1883, a writer attempted to make a Portuguese-to-English phrasebook - despite not knowing English himself. Popularized in America by Mark Twain, “English As She Is Spoke” is filled with such nonsensical English idioms as “to craunch the marmoset” and “to buy cat in pocket.”
d8MGd TIL that If an American wants to visit Canada but has ever committed an act that could be considered an indictable offense in Canada, they may be classified as criminally inadmissible. This can include Driving under the influence. The Canadian border has full access to the FBI criminal database
pvaO TIL that JJ Thompson won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that electrons act as particles, while his son GP Thompson won the Nobel Prize for discovering that electrons act as waves.
XEVlQ TIL in 2007, biologists discovered a harpoon from the 1800s lodged in a 50-ton Bowhead whale, leading them to believe the whale was at least 115 years old. This would place the whale in the Victorian Era. The Bowhead is believed to live up to 200 years.