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TIL that people who were materialistic but aren't anymore, don't report higher life satisfaction

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n7Dr TIL Thinking things like “I could drive straight into oncoming traffic and kill us all” or “If I drop this baby she would certainly die” out of the blue is actually quite normal- it’s called ‘Intrusive Thoughts’
b9KP0 TIL New Zealand was home to some of the largest birds on Earth around 600 years ago, the Moas. These ostrich-like birds were as tall as 3m but went extinct due to overhunting by the first Polynesian settlers.
BDpK TIL: The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years (10 days in one year). The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter.