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TIL Ambidextrous people have significantly lower IQ’s than left/right handed people

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rNmyM TIL about Ted's bottle. Ted d’Auvergne, a New Zealand WW2 soldier was at the pub and late for his embarkation train. He asked the publican to set aside his 2nd bottle of beer to drink when he came home. Ted was killed but the promise was kept and that bottle of beer is still there
X0mGk TIL The most commonly struck letter on your keyboard, and the second most popular key after the space bar is E -the most common letter in the English language.
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