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TIL We Already Have Martian Rocks (Probably)

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DD9D TIL that solitary confinement can cause neurological damage that is so profound it can be seen on EEG-scans and “the brain may become as impaired as one that has incurred a traumatic injury”
vM04 TIL Teddy Roosevelt’s charisma had been described as “He wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening.”
Bg8vx TIL Walmart ended the sale of pet fish in its stores in 2019. Some estimates said that Walmart was responsible for up to 30 percent of tropical fish sales.
awmLL TIL France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands used GMT prior to WW2. The Germans changed them all to Berlin Time (GMT +1h) during the occupation and they never switched back. [Spain also changed in solidarity with Germany.]
9Yo0Q TIL there's no substantive evidence for our attention span getting shorter