› added 10 years ago

365

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.

Read more theguardian.com

via reddit.com

MeQn0 TIL a group of American and German forces actually fought side by side during the last days of WWII to defend a castle against attacking SS forces
wLYbW TIL J.K. Rowling was the 1st & is still the only author to become a billionaire
90lM TIL that in the South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession, slavery is referenced 18 times. States rights is only referenced twice.
6Eynl TIL James Parkinson, the man who Parkinson's disease was named for, was implicated in a plot to assassinate King George III
5VWxR TIL that in 2000, thieves tried to steal £350 million worth of diamonds at an exhibition in London, only for the police to outsmart them by studying the Thames's tides to predict the date of the raid, correctly guessing the thieves would escape in a boat and therefore need the tide to be high.