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TIL yoda originally had a first and last name

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djnj TIL that infants are grouchy around 6-9months because their hormones spike to pubertal levels and is referred to as “mini puberty”. Hormones then drop back to normal until the age pre-teens go through ‘real’ puberty.
m1Opy TIL that 1 in 3 young men in the US report having no intercourse.
wox86 TIL that in 1965, philosophy professor Hubert Dreyfus, a staunch critic of artificial intelligence, boldly claimed that a machine would never beat a human at the game of chess. It would only be two years before the outspoken scholar was himself checkmated by an MIT-developed computer.
WwV8 TIL men’s hesitance towards promiscuous women (in considering a meaningful relationship) is not based on the woman’s previous sexual behavior itself, but on the fear of being fooled and taken advantage of.
QJXGa TIL- The Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Siberia has a 'Monument to the laboratory mouse', to commemorate all the mice that have been sacrificed in the name of science.