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TIL that rocking back and forth or moving in general activates the hippocampus while learning and memorizing things. Some people chew gum instead of the back and forth rock. Recall improves while moving and learning, and recalling things 5 times over a spread of days can burn in the working memory.

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5YxWk TIL that Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut was altered by the studio, post Kubrick’s final cut, by strategically placing shadowy figures and objects so that the orgy scene was less explicit and the film would receive an R rating. NSFW.
ANQJw TIL about Garry Hoy. A Canadian Lawyer who tried to demonstrate that skyscraper windows at his law firm were in fact unbreakable by slamming himself into a window in front of a group of students. The Window frame gave way and he fell 24 floors to his death. The glass did not break.
Vlm0 TIL the tax rate for the highest earners under Republican president Eisenhower was 91%. It currently stands at 35%.
E15d0 TIL that UFC fighters actually weigh much more in their daily lives than in the weight classes they compete in. They use extreme weight manipulation to lose 15-20 lbs. in 5 days before the weigh in, and then gain all that weight back in the 24 hrs before the fight. Including GSP and Silva.
Dyxr TIL Pepsi’s progressive president in the 1940s led a marketing campaign that put African Americans in a positive light, cornering an untapped market and taking advantage of Coca-Cola’s hesitance to hire black workers.