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TIL a "misconception in much of psychology is that [...] 'newer' brain structures were added over existing 'older' brain structures [e.g. reptilian]"; rather, "all vertebrate behavior" is based on "decision-making circuits", and "the prefrontal cortex [...] is not a uniquely human structure"

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70D7 TIL Seth MacFarlane (of Family Guy, American Dad, and Ted) missed boarding American Airlines Flight 11 by fifteen minutes on September 11, 2001. He was late because of a bad travel agent and a hangover.
gMx68 TIL that the Lotus Bridge between left-lane-driving Macau and right-lane-driving China allows for traffic to seamlessly switch the side of the road that they are driving on at the border.
W64A TIL - On 9/22/1979 there was an unidentified nuclear explosion in the Indian Ocean, and it is known as the Vela Incident
LAxZ TIL: Firefighters would hide in Ground Zero rubble so that dogs could find “survivors”. Constantly finding bodies was leading to high stress in the dogs as they thought they were failing.
9R4p TIL people in Japan aged between 40-74 by law have their waist lines measured, if they are found to be over weight their companies and local government can be fined.