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TIL Bhutan has never been conquered or occupied through all its history

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a8xXJ TIL: One tech company in China motivates their programmers by hiring "cheerleaders". The attracted girls chit-chat, get food, play ping-pong, and clap for you. The HR manager said "the programmers are mostly male and terrible at socializing, the presence of the girls improved their motivation".
8ob4 TIL Bruce Lee avoided baked goods and refined flour, describing them as providing empty calories which did nothing for his body.
8aM6a TIL that shark skin is made up of hundreds of rows of small teeth. When flattened through forward movement, they create tiny vortices that reduce drag, turbulence and noise.
EgeJp Today I learned that when you see someone else in pain—whether they stub their toe, cry, or even just look sad—your brain lights up in the same areas as if you were experiencing that pain yourself. This incredible phenomenon is due to something called "Mirror Neurons".
xV1No TIL of Idlewild, Michigan which from 1912 until the end of segregation was known as ‘The Black Eden’ - one of the few places where black Americans could fish, hunt, vacation, party and buy land in peace, without interference.