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TIL: Orange peels helped revive a Costa Rican forest

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5Y0jQ TIL Stanford researchers offered kids 1 marshmallow now OR 2 if they waited 15 mins. Only 1/3 of kids waited—later in life, they had: higher SAT scores, healthier relationships, better job performance, and fewer chronic diseases
ay9b TIL that the word “Barbarian” was invented by the ancient Greeks as an insulting term for anyone who didn’t speak the Greek language - to their ears, everyone else sounded like they were just saying “bar bar bar” all the time
MaA TIL a guy from the UK changed his name to Emperor Spiderman Gandalf Wolverine Skywalker Optimus Prime Goku Sonic Xavier Ryu Cloud Superman HeMan Batman Thrash
1YEO TIL on the night of the first script read through for The Princess Bride, Andre the Giant got so drunk he passed out in the hotel lobby. Staff were unable to move him so they set up velvet ropes around him and told the maids not to vacuum.
kOArE TIL the Cherokee Nation is Entitled to a Congressional Delegate in the US House of Representatives