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TIL: Video Games Have Shown a Strong Statistical Link to Improving Medical Surgeon Performance

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oRYv8 TIL Forensic entomology is a field of forensic science that uses insects found on corpses to help solve criminal cases.
nWW5Y TIL the Ottawa Convention is a 1997 treaty signed by 133 countries to ban antipersonnel land mines. The U.S. never signed. The U.S. placed thousands of mines in the DMZ between the Koreas during the Cold War to help deter an overwhelming ground invasion from the North.
Me6k0 TIL that many starving children in developing nations appear bloated with swollen bellies due to a condition called kwashiorkor, an illness related to malnutrition caused by a lack of protein resulting in an osmotic imbalance where the cells hold onto too much water.
9wMdG TIL rats can laugh and like to be tickled but the sound is too high for humans to hear
ekvD TIL: The quietest place on earth measures -9 db. It’s located in an acoustics and architecture test facility in Minnesota. Most people can’t stay longer than about 20 minutes and emerge disoriented and unsettle.