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TIL the so called “Blue Zones” of longevity are likely just regions rife with clerical errors and pension fraud

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9Yl4D TIL Caribbean Sperm Whales have regional accents and dialects, and tend to associate only with other whales that have the same "culture" as they do.
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69NdQ TIL: the sports rating system ELO, most seen in competitive chess, isn't an acronym but the last name of it's inventor, the Hungarian Arpad Elo (1903-1992). He came up with a more fair rating based on the then current one. Other sports use it well, often with minor tweaks and naming.
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j68XN TIL that 'Cognitive Dissonance' is the mental discomfort experienced when holding 2 conflicting beliefs or values simultaneously. People tend to change one of the conflicting beliefs or acquire new information to reduce the discomfort. Introduced by psychologist Leon Festinger in the 50s.