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TIL: There is no causal link between sugar and hyperactivity in children. One study found that the perception by parents regarding their children’s hyperactivity depended on their belief as to whether they had been given sugar.

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XEQb8 TIL of Arthur du Mosch, who had a wild leopard leap in the bed of his sleeping family trying to eat his pet cat. Clad in only underwear, he wrestled the leopard and pinned him down until help arrived. "I held him like that for about 20 minutes and talked to him in Dutch. I have a way with animals".
rNYjo TIL that Neanderthal DNA makes up roughly 1.8% of Asian genomes, 1.7% of European genomes, and 0.5% of African genomes
Br9kr TIL all Golden Retrievers descend from a single mating pair of a Flat-coated Retriever named Nous and a Tweed Water Spaniel named Belle
Y77oB TIL about Delhi’s Sabharwal family has got the rare distinction of being the only family where every single member is a doctor for the past five generations.
VMj04 TIL about Cellular Automata: simple programs that produce complex results. They were so magnificent they led Stephen Wolfram to believe that the universe ran on similar principles.