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TIL that police departments can legally reject applicants for scoring too high on an I.Q. test.

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JkZv TIL a clinical trial in 2016 held at Stanford University School of Medicine found that injecting modified human stem cells directly into the brains of chronic stroke patients can re-enable patients to walk.
gMQn4 TIL it’s impossible to speak coherently if you hear your voice as feedback on a phone call, Zoom, etc. Delayed Auditory Feedback disrupts normal speech causing repetition of syllables, mispronunciations, and omissions. These effects are often referred to as “artificial stuttering”.
AD8oo TIL about Benin City - a wealthy, highly advanced and prosperous city in Africa that was rich in architecture, culture and trade. It even had underground drainage and street lights. The British Empire completely destroyed it in 1897 because they refused to be ruled by Britain.
QJWj6 TIL that the MyPillow guy was such a severe crack addict while he was first starting his company, that his dealer told other dealers not to sell him any more drugs until he got some sleep
RPjw TIL of Agloe, a town that was made up by map-makers for copyright purposes. Then a store was built there and the owners called it the Agloe General Store, based on the name on their map. Because a store was built there, the fake town was regarded as real decades after the store went out of business.