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TIL there is such a thing as the history of history, called historiography, where emphasis is placed on studying the history of historical texts.

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wop5Y TIL that over 150 Japanese people contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakobs Disease (yes, THAT one) after being implanted with Lyodura, a brain patch illegally harvested from random cadavers
l7GMB TIL the Ainu worship bears, seeing them as divine gifts that provide hide and meat. When they find a cub, they raise it lovingly in the village, sometimes feeding it breast milk, and treat it as a god. Once the bear reaches one or two years old, they ceremonially kill it, honoring its sacred role.
oBZlE TIL the world's first cyber-attack happened during the 1790s. The Blanc brothers intercepted the first (mechanical) national data network to get market's information quicker.
8JYZ TIL multitasking is a myth. What we call multitasking is actually ‘switch-tasking.’ There is actually a stop/start process that occurs in the brain when we switch between tasks. This process causes “more mistakes, and over time it can be energy sapping.”
X0Zoj TIL in 2000, Galoob Toys Inc. recalled about 8.9 million Sky Dancers flying dolls after receiving reports of injures which resulted from the doll striking adults and children, such as scratched corneas, broken teeth, a mild concussion, a broken rib, and facial lacerations that required stitches