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

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KOBEJ TIL Sloths can swim three times faster than they can walk on land. And because of their ability to slow their heart rates to one-third its normal rate, they can also hold their breath for a whopping 40 minutes under water.
W79x8 TIL: Margaret Thatcher considered Tony Blair “her greatest achievement”
Z5Jo TIL Hallucinatory ‘voices’ shaped by local culture. In the U.S.A., voices are harsh and threatening while those heard by schizophrenics in Africa and India tend to be more benign and playful.
awlwA TIL After the Scarecrow gets his diploma in The Wizard of Oz, he recites the Pythagorean theorem incorrectly.
o6gK TIL that many animals (including humans) can’t absorb up to 50% of the energy in the food they consume; this undigested energy ends up in fecal matter, which is why feces are such an effective fertilizer.