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TIL about "Nobel Disease", a tendency for some Nobel Prize winners to adopt unfounded, pseudoscientific beliefs, often outside their areas of expertise.

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N7DK8 TIL that Daylight Savings Time has been shown to increase the rate of heart attacks (AMI’s) by 24% the morning of the time change. Scientists think this is due to the change in our sleep cycle. Conversely, when the time switches back, the study showed a 21% decrease in AMI’s that day.
4pMX TIL a rock shot from a lawn mower can have the same force as a bullet from a .357 magnum
xQx0 TIL in 2008 a drunk guy faced battery charges after he was accused of farting and fanning the odorous gas toward a police officer.
6Z6W TIL that a 47yo Frenchman agreed to pay 90yo Jeanne Calment a monthly fee until she died, then take over her apartment. She would become the oldest human in history, outliving him by 2 years.
eprWg TIL the world’s largest chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimp Haven in Louisiana, is home to nearly 300 chimps formerly used in biomedical research.