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TIL Gerrymandering is pronounced the same as GIF

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l7elV TIL that the average IQ is steadily increasing each generation. IQ tests are getting harder and harder to keep the average at 100, and today's kids taking tests from previous decades have an average score of over 100.
8eyl8 TIL Split-Brain Experiments by Sperry and Gazzaniga showed in patients with severed corpus callosums (to treat severe epilepsy), the two hemispheres were unable to communicate. The experiment showed consciousness can “split” into two separate streams within the same person.
RPG9 TIL Sears was sued for stealing an invention when they suddenly stopped ordering it… and released their own Craftsmen version
7M8M TIL that in the 19th century people called homosexuals “Uranian”
9YwyM TIL the color of nasal mucous has no bearing on whether you have an infection, so just because you have yellow or green mucous, doesn’t mean you have a sinus infection; it’s a sign your immune system is doing its jobof fighting the cold virus