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TIL an average wind turbine creates enough energy to power 460 US homes every month

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699Nw TIL that when deaf people experience stroke-related brain damage, they often lose the ability to sign in remarkably similar ways to the different forms of linguistic aphasia (difficulty speaking, forming words, sentences being nonsensical)
xVarg TIL that VHEMT(Voluntary Human Extinction Movement) is an enviromental movement that calls for all people to not reproduce. They support human extinction primarily to prevent environmental degradation.
dw4d TIL that stores use the ‘Goldilocks pricing’ technique where one item is too expensive, one too cheap and the middle just right, to influence the buyer. Also Prestige or Premium pricing is when one item is given a huge prize tag simply because people will think it’s better and buy it.
x69y1 TIL about synesthesia. It's when one thing you see, hear, or feel makes you experience something else. Like seeing colors when you hear music. It shows how our brains connect different senses. Understanding synesthesia helps us learn more about how our minds work.
JYwl1 TIL that Theodore Roosevelt was shot before a speech in Milwaukee and refused to have medical treatment until he delivered his 90 minute speech, in which he showed off the bullet wound to the crowd