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TIL that researchers discovered that the area of the brain that communicates with the adrenal glands receives signals from the core muscles as well and that strengthening the core muscles can modulate the stressful, flight-or-fight response and help people feel less stressed.

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MeYlA TIL that Yanjaa Wintersoul, a26 year old polyglot, memorised the entire 2018 IKEA catalogue in a week. She stumbled across memorization techniques when trying to graduate her Bachelors degree program half the time and almost couldn't graduate high school as she had trouble memorising her Sciences.
M7Op8 TIL the car chases in the movie "Ronin" used right-hand UK cars with fake steering wheels on the left-side for the actors to use, had 300 stunt drivers including Formula 1 & Rally Car drivers, and all cars were going full speed at over 100 mph.
aw0QN TIL that because because Vatican City is only 0.44 square kilometers, and is home to one pope, they have a Pope density of 2.27 Popes per square kilometer.
5Y96R TIL: That 'Aryan' and 'Iran' and 'Iranian' all come from the same word, and some of the 'purest' of Aryans are Kashmiri, Romani Gypsies and Punjabi.
WkWOB TIL The universal edibility test is a 7-step, 24-hour process to identify plants that are safe to eat: Separate, Contact, Cook, Taste, Chew, Swallow, and Chow.