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TIL our brain suffers from the mere proximity of our smartphone: The "brain drain" hypothesis suggests that just having our smartphone nearby can use up some of our mental resources, leaving us with less ability to focus on other tasks.

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690rJ TIL The music from the toothless dancing meme is from the Pokémon white game.
v1abK TIL sunglasses made of smoky quartz were used in 12th century China not to protect from the sun’s rays, but to be used in courts to hide judges facial expressions
6M6J TIL nearly one in three people in the Arab world is illiterate, including nearly half of all women in the region
yQOew TIL - It took more than 24 years for the radioactivity from the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant accident to clear from Scotland's sheep herds.
6B7l TIL that in Singapore, car buyers must pay for duties and bid for a Certificate of Entitlement, good for a decade. The cost of the Singaporean certificate of entitlement alone would buy a Porsche Boxster in the US