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TIL: The Positive Effects of Yoga for Depression and the effects it has on our wellbeing

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yWYp TIL When quoestioned about the rape and violence in Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin replied: “The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.”
P1MZw TIL that, thought destroyed by Nazis, a priceless mosaic owned by Roman emperor Caligula ended up as a coffee table for 50 years in a NYC apartment.
aw47o TIL of Don Shipley, a retired Navy Seal who has spent much of his post service life exposing individuals who falsely claim to be SEALs. According to the FBI there are 300 times more impostor Navy SEALs than actual SEALs
Wkdgo TIL that parasites can manipulate their host’s behaviour to ensure their own transmission. Malaria parasites can manipulate mosquito feeding behaviours such as motivation, persistance in their feeding attempts and avidity to feed on vertebrate hosts in order to increase parasite transmission.
a8BKy TIL crickets actually use stridulation to create their chirp, a way of making sounds through the vibrations of their wings. Similar to running your finger down the teeth of a comb