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TIL that adult women represent a larger percentage (33%) of video game players than boys under 18 (17%).

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yQ0vX TIL about Lt Gen Vasily Chuikov who took command of the defense of Stalingrad who put himself at the same level of risk as his soldiers and he was buried alive twice by German bombing and kept his HQ 200 meters from the German front line
J1ae1 TIL a study showed that an average of 325 plastic particles were found in a liter of bottled water as compared to 5.5 plastic particles per liter of tap water.
9wY1p Today I learned about Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory in psychology often depicted as a pyramid. They are physiological (food and clothing), safety (job security), love and belonging needs (friendship), esteem, and self-actualization.
APR4 TIL that The Strip, the thing Las Vegas is most famous for, is not actually located within the city of Las Vegas. It is in an adjacent unincorporated area of Clark County known as Paradise, Nevada.
9YGr TIL The amygdala is a part of the brain that controls fear. Remove it and you lose any sense of fear.