› added 5 months ago

55

TIL about neuroathletic training. It focuses on the brain's control system rather than traditional physical movement, using sensory activation to overcome training plateaus. This triggers blocked motor processes, improves movement improve blood flow in the brain, and helps in athletic performances

Read more ispo.com

via reddit.com

x688D TIL Prince Edward Island is the fastest growing province in Canada and grew 4.3 % in 2022. At the same time, people are leaving the Island at a pace not seen since 1981
e01x4 TIL Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother, was orphaned at 12 and named her son after her guardian, George Eskridge. Her husband, Augustine Washington, died when their son George was 11, and she never remarried. She died of breast cancer in 1789, after George became the president.
MeMW7 TIL the scene in 'The Breakfast Club' in which all characters sit in a circle on the floor of the library and tell stories about why they were in detention was not scripted. John Hughes told them all to ad-lib.
JmE1 TIL - ‘Petrichor’ is the word for 'the smell of rain.’ Petrichor is caused by the oil exuded by plants during dry times to slow seed growth being washed into the air by the rain.
e05xg TIL the Lurie family tree is considered the oldest (3000 years old, started 1037 BCE) family tree in existence. It begins with King David and continues up to the present day and includes among its members Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx and many kings of Judah, and almost every Ashkenazi Jew in existence.