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TIL In the study of nonverbal communications, the limbic brain is where everything happens. It's the part of our brain that reacts instinctively and immediately to the world around us, without needing to stop and think

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l7nnG TIL that horse hair was sometimes used as a suture in the American Civil War. Unbeknownst to the doctors at the time, boiling the hair to make it more pliable also sterilized it.
1bwD TIL that of married couples the least likely to get divorced is a black woman married to a white man
5YaYR TIL a single man submersible canoe was developed for special operations in WW2
b9X8j TIL about Peter's Principle OR why everyone sucks at their job. People who excel at work are promoted, to a point where they are incompetent. With every promotion, you are closer to newer and more complex job needs. This incrementally makes you worse at your job to the point of incompetency.
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