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

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7D4M TIL that Pornhub are creating a wristband that “uses the up and down motion of masturbation to charge consumer electronics” - They call it the “wankband”
wl5o TIL that rabbits weren’t domesticated until the 7th century AD, and that the reason they were domesticated is that the Catholic church ruled that fetal rabbits were a type of fish and therefore OK to eat during Lent.
ANQWa TIL the first Grammy for The Pointer Sisters was a country song, Fairytale. The song’s success led to them become the first Black group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.
kEmB TIL there’s a drug called Actos, which side-effects include an increase risk of bladder cancer by 83 percent, heart failure, liver failure and bone fractures. It’s been banned in France and Germany, but still legal in the United States.
XYOR TIL In 1953 US and UK overthrow first Iranian democratic government because Iran wanted to nationalize the petroleum reserves.