Post * 8eX9Z — Curious Curator

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TIL Harvard’s endowment Is bigger than the economies of half of the nations in the world

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ne1vP Til that fingernails serve to enhance sensation and precise movements of the fingertips through the counter-pressure exerted on the pulp of the fingers by the nails.

Z8v64 TIL there are an estimated 40 million slaves in the World today. For context, the trans-Atlantic slave trade was responsible for 12 million slaves over 400 years.

Oowya TIL Psychologists found that interrogative self-talk, asking yourself a question about a future action increases the likelihood of it happening. For example, rather than saying "I'm going to the gym later." You would say, "Will I go to the gym later?" It triggers more goal-oriented behavior.

mO7p TIL In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”

6Ev0X TIL that humans have gone to space every year since 1961