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TIL about Confederados- Descendants of Southerners who fled to Brazil after the Civil War

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LoZr Today I learned Peter Jackson owns the movie rights to a book series about Dragons in the Napoleonic War
J1d5v TIL there was a moratorium on the establishment of new US MD-granting institutions from 1980 to 2005, which artificially suppressed the supply of doctors. We're still playing catch-up.
m1ray TIL scientists implant false memories in mice while they sleep to influence their behavior when they wake up
xV99w TIL of an ancient city, Cahokia, which was settled circa 600 AD and by 1250 was bigger than London. The cultural heritage site is located 8 miles from the Gateway Arch, in Illinois. The city was made up of pyramids and large earthen mounds, and “Woodhenge,” which marked the soltices and equinoxes.
Akjn TIL that when womens’ nipples are stimulated during sex, the genital area of their sensory cortex is also activated, meaning that women really can orgasm from only nipple play