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TIL there had been an eruption of methane from Uranus
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Today I learned about Sensory Specific-Satiety - a mental phenomenon that refers to the declining satisfaction generated by the continuous consumption of a certain type of sensory stimulation, i.e food, and the consequent renewal in appetite resulting from the exposure to a new flavor or stimulus.
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TIL about the "omnipotence paradox," where the ability to do anything and everything seems to lead to logically contradictory ideas such as creating square circles. Its most well-known version is the so-called paradox of the stone: "Could God create a stone so heavy that even He could not lift it?"
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TIL that while Rocky won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director, Sylvester Stallone didn't win any Oscars for it even though he wrote it and starred in it
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TIL that Thomas Aquinas, in his 'Summa Theologica', wrote that eating breakfast meant you committed the sin of 'praepropere' (eating too soon); it was associated with gluttony and the presumption that these people had lusty appetites.
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TIL: "Tired and emotional" is a British euphemism for alcohol intoxication (or drunkenness).