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TIL: The ideomotor effect, that is our body moves when we are not trying to move. It's a powerful subconscious tool and is the mechanism behind how ouija boards work.

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woOmW TIL a cave pool in Death Valley called Devil’s Hole experiences a “desert tsunami” when high magnitude earthquakes occur even thousands of miles away, risking endangering the pupfish species which exist nowhere on earth but this cave in heart of one of the most dry deserts on earth.
wLl7W Face shields are even better than masks and famed Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka may help you to make your own.
k0wE TIL the family dog has a bigger carbon footprint than an SUV
O9n4 TIL there is an animal that looks like a gremlin with a “long, bony, witch-like middle finger” called an Aye Aye. These gentle, harmless animals are killed due to local superstition that aye-ayes are harbingers of death, and if an aye-aye points its middle finger at you, it’s a death sentence.
9L4G TIL: The expiry date on water bottles is when chemicals from the plastic bottle leaks into the water