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yVxdl TIL that the Genain quadruplets, born in 1930, are identical sisters who all developed schizophrenia by age 24. Studied by the NIMH, their case suggested a strong genetic link to the illness.
e0gmL TIL a cat named Oscar survived the sinking of three ships during WW2
0wlEM TIL New Zealand is the country most resilient to the collapse of global civilisation, being 'most suited to maintaining higher levels of societal, technological, and organisational complexity within their own borders' - followed by Iceland and the UK
v1y0L TIL that the Stanford Prison Experiment, the infamous experiment that many psychological works reference, was actually mostly a fraud and that many of the participants were faking.
8aaBK TIL dogs tilt their head because they can't resolve the direction of sound vertically, but humans can because of our ear shape