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TIL that faking confidence can positively change your brain chemistry and your life

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GY5OG TIL a snuffle mat is made from fabric strips tied to a rubber mat. The mats are meant to hide treats for your dog inside the curly fabric strips. Snuffle mats combine a scenting game with mental stimulation for dogs which have a sense of smell up to 100 million times a human.
LoEr TIL That Hitler was a fan of the Disney animated film The Three Little Pigs and would routinely walk around whistling the song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.”
woG6E TIL Auto Brewery Syndrome is endogenous ethanol fermentation. It’s sometimes called “drunkenness disease.” This rare condition makes you intoxicated/drunk without drinking alcohol.
5YPN9 TIL In 1992, Latasha Harlins a 15 year old black girl was shot and killed with $2 in her hand after a Korean store clerk wrongly thought she was trying to steal juice. Her killer received only a $500 fine and served no prison time. Korean stores were later targeted during the LA riots in response.
QNWaE TIL although Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” has nothing to do with Christmas or winter, it has gradually been added to the Christmas Music repertoire because Britain’s Got Talent singer Susan Boyle decided to include it on her Christmas album in 2010