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TIL background music help with concentration - it increases task-focus and decreases mind-wandering

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xV4xo TIL that it’s still illegal to this day to drink alcohol in Saudi Arabia and people who are caught can be imprisoned and sometimes flogged.
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0w0XL TIL An analysis of a large database of charity donations revealed that a disproportionately large number of people donate to disaster relief following hurricanes with names sharing their initial letter (e.g. Kate and Kevin following Hurricane Katrina).
VM6gk TIL, In 1887, a group of men added a name Susanna M Salter to the mayoral ballot of Argonia, Kansas, as a joke intended to humiliate women. Instead, she won over 60% of the votes and became America's first female mayor.
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