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TIL That a single psilocybin dose is associated with long-term increased mindfulness, preceded by a proportional change in neocortical 5-HT2A receptor binding

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9gdD TIL the environmental cost of a reusable canvas bag is equivalent to 400 plastic bags. Unless you reuse it at least 400 times, you’d be better off sticking with plastic.
Z8eJv TIL In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Highly prolific, Tagore was also a composer and wrote the national anthems for both India and Bangladesh and he started painting in his 60s
9YrlD TIL that the great age of Caribbean piracy began in 1522 when French corsair Jean Fleury captured two Spanish ships on their way back to Spain from the new world, plundering more than $30 million worth of Aztec gold.
oBw6Y TIL Wind and barometric pressure changes can produce waves and effects similar to tides in enclosed bodies of water. This phenomenon is known as a seiche.
E11xd TIL The first song featured on the very first Kidz Bop album was All Star by Smashmouth