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TIL I can task my subconscious mind, as if it was an employee, and it will process information and make a decision while I actively do something else

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GYGj7 TIL: In early medieval Europe there were no witch trials. Christian churches taught that magic was not real and belief in its existence was superstition and heresy. Only in the early Renaissance did belief in witchcraft’s actual existence spread widely in Europe, and witch trials began.
4X0Jb TIL Kimbo Slice passed away in 2016 at the age of 42. Apart from his famous street fights, he also fought in the UFC and Bellator MMA
o4L8 TIL: Doritos and Coca-Cola are scientifically designed to taste alluring, while at the same time STOPS the brain from giving the signal to stop over eating
JYMK8 TIL Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, devised a WWII plan to plant false info about the Allies’ next attack on a dead man, drift him at sea, and hope he’d be found by Nazi sympathizers. Operation Mincemeat worked, turning the tide for the Allies, who stormed Italy while the Nazis defended Greece.
J1KlB TIL Hawaiian pizza isn't Italian or American, but was invented by a Greek-born Canadian (Sam Panopoulos) inspired by Chinese sweet and sour flavours.