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TIL Neuroscience theory of “mirror neurons" suggests positive benefits of social interaction for teamwork

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Ypr8r TIL researchers were able to predict whether or not a couple will stay together with extreme accuracy based on one partner’s reaction to things that excited the other. For example, if a wife says “look at that beautiful bird” and the husband blows it off, that’s a strong indication they’ll divorce.
m1GBx TIL that the Pangolin is the most trafficked animal in the world.
wXmo TIL that on the set of Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren punched Sylvester Stallone so hard that the hospital staff thought he was hit by a car.
BwYD TIL according to an analysis by the Guttmacher Institute, unplanned pregnancies cost US taxpayers $2.1B each year, more than half of U.S. pregnancies are unintended, and roughly 1-in-20 American women of reproductive age have an unplanned pregnancy each year.
X0j0k TIL a man's alcohol consumption before conception can cause Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and other defects of the brain, skull and face in his child