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TIL that humans have "volitional control" over their memory: we can use directed forgetting to actively suppress unwanted information and directed remembering to prioritize important details,

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JYrgQ TIL A German study has found the use of lavender oil (Silexan) at 80 mg or 160 mg to be safe and effective for the treatment of anxiety disorders
R777j TIL that Trader Joes is actually a branch of the Aldi supermarket chain started by 2 brothers in Germany
QNDJa TIL The Thonet No. 14 chair was the first mass-produced piece of furniture. The ease of production came from the wood being curved an iron mold. Over 50 million of these chairs have been sold since the invention in 1859.
MegX7 TIL about Mark DeFriest, an autistic savant who was sentenced to 4 years in prison for 'stealing' his father's tools. Able to memorise and reproduce keys by looking at them, he's been imprisoned 36 years for multiple escapes.
690GX TIL one of the longest writings preserved in Pompeii is the poem of a woman yearning for another woman