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TIL Procrastination has more to it rather than being a simple habit. Dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex of the brain makes it difficult for the same to work on cognitive controls like empathy, critical thinking, planning, judgement etc.

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VBYgm Today I learned that when you are boiling water for potatoes, pasta, veg, etc, that, once the water has reached a full boil, you can turn the heat down by a large amount, and the water will continue to be a boil. For cooking.
VpBk TIL Bill Murray does not have an agent or a manager. Instead he has a number to call and pitch him an idea via the voice mail. If he likes it he will call you back. The phone number is impossible to find. The only people who know it are people who already have worked with him.
4ngJ TIL a man who committed suicide wrote a 1,905 page suicide note, complete with a bibliography and works cited.
oDYL TIL In 2008, two researchers, a linguist and a sound engineer, found “the perfect male voice” to be a combination of Iron’s and Alan Rickman’s voices based on a sample of 50 voices. Coincidentally, the two actors played brothers in the Die Hard series of films.
lLxK TIL In 1889 Wyoming became the first state to let women vote, largely because they were short of women and were hoping to attract more