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TIL video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate.

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0OV5 TIL that the pacemaker, fridges, WiFi and Google Maps are all Australian inventions.
9Y44m TIL that Mount Rushmore is built in the black hills, a mountain range considered sacred to the Lakota tribe which the United States took in 1876. "Members of the American Indian Movement led an occupation of the monument in 1971, naming it "Mount Crazy Horse"
9my6 TIL Szechuan peppers cause numbness when eaten because they contain hydroxy-alpha-sanshool, a molecule that binds to cells’ tactile receptors to chemically simulate the same sensation as being vibrated at 50 hertz.
KOVNJ TIL about the Mary River punk-haired turtle
0w09A TIL In Denmark, you can only choose your babies name from a name list with 7000 names