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TIL that "Econophysics" is research field in Economics which models crises the way physicists model transitions of matter from fluid to solid state

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wl5o TIL that rabbits weren’t domesticated until the 7th century AD, and that the reason they were domesticated is that the Catholic church ruled that fetal rabbits were a type of fish and therefore OK to eat during Lent.
NA0P TIL up until 1974, banks could refuse to issue a credit card to a woman unless she was married and her husband co-signed for the card. A divorced woman was considered too much of a risk because she “couldn’t keep a marriage under control.”
MeGg0 TIL There is a a village in Hungary founded by Communist Greek refugees who left Greece after the civil war.
PYEmL TIL that researchers found that telling yourself “I don’t eat unhealthy food” helps you resist the temptation to eat that food better than telling yourself “I can’t eat unhealthy food”.
LkmoZ TIL Mao Zedong is recorded as telling a comrade that "I eat a lot and I excrete a lot"