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TIL Even Mild Dehydration Can Lower Your Focus, Memory, and Mood

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1yQd TIL that after watching the movie ‘Lincoln’ (2009) , a neurobiologist did some extra research and found out that the state of Mississippi had never officially banned slavery. The state then ratified the 13th amendment (which bans slavery) in 2013, 148 years after Abe Lincoln first introduced it.
R7eO1 TIL about Bertha Lutz, a Brazilian zoologist who specializes in studying poisson dart frogs that was also a leading figure in the Pan American feminist movement who signed the UN Charter for Brazil and where she also fought for women’s suffrage.
pQK8 TIL the surname Stuart was created by Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, to ensure that the French said her name correctly since they tend to pronounce “w” like “v”
KOXWQ TIL there is a festival in Ireland where they marry a local schoolgirl to a wild goat for 3 days
9D17 TIL Humans’ and Dogs’ brains have evolved to understand each others’ vocalizations to some degree, including dogs understanding human laughter.