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[TIL] that Fred Rogers’ (Mr. Rogers) slow speaking style was based on science that showed maximum comprehension for children

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Oo5GX TIL of the French court dwarf Richebourg who was only 23 inches tall. During the French Revolution he was used to pass secret messages in and out of Paris carried by nurses and disguised in an infant’s clothing.
5VmMk TIL those who had tried cannabis by age 18 were 2.4 times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia than those who had not WHILE patients with schizophrenia were 3.4 times more likely to report owning cats in their childhood
nevJP TIL The production company behind Shark Tank used to require contestants to give them 5% equity or 2% of the profits from their companies in exchange for appearing on the show. Mark Cuban threatened to quit over this rule, so producers got rid of it.
R7xvl TIL Earths relationship with the Moon is bound unbelievably to the golden ratio. If Earths radius = 1 and the moon equals 0.272 that makes 1.272 (square root of phi). Draw a triangle with one line at a value of 1 and the second at a value of 1.272 and then hypotenuse (third line) is 1.618 or phi
MgJK TIL, that psychologist Dr. John Gottman, created the magic ratio of 5:1. That a relationship is likely to be stable if there are five times as many positive interactions between partners as there are negative.