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

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aZmN TIL That Tumbleweeds are actually living plants that pull their roots out of the ground when it gets too dry so the wind can blow them to a more favorable place, where they then re-plant themselves.
lbV7 TIL that the first Olympic disqualification for drug use was against a Swedish pentathlete who drank two beers before his shooting event to calm his nerves.
YMyA TIL NFL football player Gerald Dixon fathered two boys with two different women, at the same time, named them the same name, now they play together on the same football team
V4dQ TIL a 2001 study found up to 70% of female high school students in Tokyo had been groped while riding the train
neRAr TIL admission to the LBJ Presidential Library is free if your first, middle, or last name is "Lyndon"