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v1Box TIL Humans hear anywhere from 20 to 100 times faster than they see so that everything that they perceive with their ears is coloring every other perception they have, and every conscious thought they have. Sound gets in so fast that it modifies all the other input and sets the stage for it.
Ax0a TIL defectors think North Korean soldiers have almost no chance of winning a war with South Korea
8aZo8 TIL that on two separate occasions (first in 1869 and again in 1912) the sitting president of Haiti was killed when a stockpile of ammunition placed in the National Palace ignited, destroying the structure in a massive explosion.
eWO5 TIL mathematician Zachary Harris hacked into Google’s email system and sent a e-mail phishing attack to Larry Page from Sergey Brin’s e-mail account. All because he noticed a flaw in an e-mail sent from Google offering him a job and thought it was a test. It wasn’t.
PY9Vw TIL 9 out of 10 of people who have lost 100 pounds or more say they would rather have a leg amputated than be obese again.