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TIL dietary restriction slows brain aging and increases lifespan

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O946 TIL a feudal peasant had to work 50-60 days/year for the lord of the manor to pay for accommodation and taxes. A modern worker needs to work 80-100 days/year to pay for accommodation and taxes.
x5D0 TIL Someone made a map of the U.S. with hypothetical borders for new states with equal populations to shed light on unequal voting representation in the Senate and Presidential Elections.
l7jDA TIL after the 1838 Mormon War, a clash between Mormons & a unit of the state militia, Missouri Governor signed an executive order calling for Mormons to be "exterminated" or "driven from the state". Although no evidence exists of any Mormons being killed from this order, 15,000 fled to Illinois
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