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TIL Psychopaths do not lack empathy, rather they can switch it on at will, according to new research.

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ADkDx TIL there was a study where men and women asked people on campus whether they would like to sleep with them. The women had a 75% success rate, the men had 0%
E5ZP TIL the word decimation comes from the Roman practice of killing every 10th man as a form of maintaining discipline.
VMR1Q TIL that Heinrich Heine, one of Germany's most famous poets, wrote- "Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people as well.". Exactly 120 years later, Heine's writings were burned and banned by Nazi Germany, for he was a Jew.
m18Xy TIL tiny Neolithic baby spoons indicate that new baby gruels were an important innovation in prehistoric baby-care, freeing up women to have more babies & leading to unprecedented population growth
b6rNp TIL that sumo wrestlers have a 65 year life expectancy (5 years shorter than that of the average Japanese male) due to their high risk of diabetes and heart attacks and liver problems resulting from the excessive diet of food and alcohol.