Post * nW0eW — Curious Curator

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TIL that Agent detection is the tendency to assume purposeful action by an intelligent being in ambiguous situations. This likely evolved because assuming a predator or threat was present improved chances of survival.

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d8ndr TIL about Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, an extremely rare illness, which causes episodes of being mostly asleep for weeks at a time. If awake during an episode, sufferers are confused about what is real and what is a dream. The condition appears in adolescence and resolves itself 10-15 years later.

jNpjM TIL of Dorothy Thompson, an American journalist working in Europe in the 1930's. She was granted an interview with Adolf Hitler in 1931, after which she referred to him as "... insecure—the very prototype of the Little Man." She eventually became the first American journalist expelled from Germany

O9b4 TIL that Van Gogh most likely didn’t commit suicide. He was probably shot by two young boys who were playing with their father’s gun, which misfired; he protected them by saying he shot himself.

5Veb8 TIL Only 11% of students from low income families earn a bachelors degree by 24

mxBVE TIL Mexican soccer player Jesús Corona was given the name "Tecatito" by his team, because they were sponsored by Tecate beer and they didn't want to have his own name "Corona," also the name of a competing beer, on his jersey