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TIL that after an 8-week course in mindfulness meditation, the amygdala, associated with fear and emotion, shrinks, while the pre-frontal cortex, associated with awareness, concentration and decision-making, becomes thicker

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9wkYr TIL the story of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree and him saying "I can not tell a lie" to his father about it was a myth created by Washington's personal biographer & minister after his death to sell books.
ZpZ4G TIL The extra bulbs with a red tip that you get with Christmas lights will make the lights after it blink.
Opb7 TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson often peed in public, even during his presidency. One time, a gust of wind blew his urine onto the leg of one of his Secret Service agents. When the agent informed him he was being peed on, President Johnson replied, “I know. That’s my prerogative.”
kOmKe TIL According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, hot dogs began being sold in packs of 10 to meet an ideal retail weight target per package, whereas hot dog buns are sold by 8 because baking trays normally can fit 8 rolls.
orjK TIL that conspiring with another person to facilitate the seduction of a woman (be a wingman) is still an indictable offence in Tasmania, Australia.