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TIL that Carpenter Ants bite

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NXx4M TIL that Playing Super Mario 64 can boost memory. In a 2022 study, participants were split into 3 groups: one played the game, another took piano lessons, and the last did nothing. Those who played Mario showed improved short-term memory and increased grey matter in the cerebellum and hippocampus.
9YnaM TIL that in 1950, Venezuela had the fourth-highest GDP per capita in the world. They had a higher GDP per capita than Canada.
0wMnp TIL that "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" is a 45-letter word that refers to a lung disease caused by silica particles.
d87kK TIL (realized) that Snoop Dogg got his name from Snoopy the dog
4Xe4X TIL of a woman known as Patient S.M, who has no amygdala, which is the part of the brain responsible for fear. As a result she is unable to feel fear or read negative social cues, and doesn't understand personal space. The only time she ever felt fear is when a test was held replicating suffocation.