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TIL archeologists can tell who were archers because bows required a lot of strength to pull which deformed bones

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b9Yw4 TIL in 1999, a study was conducted on the power of crystals vs. placebo. 80 people were asked to meditate with either a quartz crystal or a placebo stone which was indistinguishable from quartz. Most reported feeling typical "crystal effects" irrespective of whether the crystals were real or placebo
OolEa TIL No authentic writings of Pythagoras have survived. Almost nothing is known for certain about his life. The earliest source describes Pythagoras helping a dog that had been beaten. Pythagoras thought he could recognise his friend's voice in the dog's cries.
KY8EJ TIL about the Human Death Spiral - the cycle of ultimately disasterous industrialization that filled the world with cars, which leads to sprawl that requires cars, which leads to even more cars, etc
8apkb TIL In Full Metal Jacket, R Lee Ermy threw out the script after looking at it and improvised the whole boot camp barracks scene himself. It turned out better than the script. NOW SHOW ME YOUR WAR FACE!!!!!!!
l4xr TIL there was a US pilot of “The IT Crowd” and Moss was played by the same actor