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TIL the idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) widely taught in psychology and schools has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.

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WkBb4 Today i learned megapixels are not important in camera quality
16a9d TIL Sima Yan, the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, empowered his imperial princes because he blamed the weakening of imperial princes for the preceding Wei Dynasty’s fall. Ironically, this led to the destabilization of his own dynasty and forced their retreat south of the Huai river
4XBoJ TIL To demonstrate the ability of drones to accomplish work while swarming, researchers programmed flying robot quadrotors to perform the James Bond Theme by playing various instruments including the keyboard, drums and maracas, a cymbal, and the debut of an adapted guitar built from a couch frame.
e0jPb TIL that One of the most famous figures tied to Egypt, Cleopatra VII, was actually Greek.
Z80WQ TIL during WWII, Soviet POWs in Germany faced far worse treatment than any other nation with 60% chance of dying. In comparison, British POWs held by Japanese and German had respectively 25% and 3% chance of dying.