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TIL millennials aren’t buying diamonds anymore - millennials would rather spend money on experiences than diamonds

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Zpggo TIL that octopuses have three hearts, and two of them stop beating when they swim.
gMaab TIL the electric chair was intended to be more humane than hanging. But the first in NY in 1890 took 8 minutes and two attempts. Comments included "they would have done better using an axe", and "an awful spectacle, far worse than hanging".
p8w88 TIL the voices schizophrenics hear are actually their own subvocal speech. This is why it's so common for schizophrenics to believe their minds are being read.
jX4E TIL the Irish word “bhfaighidh” is one syllable.
6Q88 TIL that Garret Morgan, the son of former slaves with only an elementary school education, invented a belt fastener for sewing machines, the first human hair straightening solution, an early form of the gas mask (used in WWI), and traffic signal technology (which he sold to GE for $40K in 1923).