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TIL one of the most widely used procedures to reliably induce psychological stress in a laboratory setting is designed to simulate a job interview

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BrdAd TIL that Neanderthals are often depicted as degenerate because the first skeleton found happened to have arthritis.
kZE1 TIL that a man in Florida ran to his brothers bedroom after hearing him scream only to find the entire room and his brother swallowed by a sinkhole. They were never able to find the body.
rYRW TIL that the woman who won $2.9 million by suing McDonald’s over spilled hot coffee asked for only $20,000, to cover her medical bills.
VMddk TIL A two-page glossary of key terms and phrases was handed out to moviegoers in select screenings of Dune. Universal assumed that the extensive lore and mythology of David Lynch's adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel would be lost on audiences unfamiliar with it's universe
D189P TIL: There are cochineal bugs in our food and drink