Post * 7rx9P — Curious Curator

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TIL The Real Difference Between Pleasure and Happiness, Pleasure Is Dopamine and Happiness is Serotonin

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xmw5 TIL there’s a version of chess called “quantum chess” where the pieces are in a state of superposition; the player doesn’t know what a piece will be until it is selected for play. Once selected, it behaves as any one of the conventional pieces and returns to its state of superposition after the move

rRQb1 TIL that Gregor Mendel, through his work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent.

AN1Va TIL about the Mirror Test, a method for determining whether a non-human animal has the ability of self-recognition when looking into a mirror. Elephants, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, dolphins and manta rays have successfully passed the test.

DbPP TIL forgetting to put a washer on before a nut caused a plane to explode

NGVM TIL that the Russian military has a sledgehammer in case the safe with the nuclear launch codes in it doesn’t open