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TIL students who write notes longhand remember more and have a deeper understanding of the material than those take notes with a laptop

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l78EV TIL about Archie Karas, a Greek gambler who turned $50 into $40 million in 3 years playing poker in Las Vegas before losing it all
mxGEv TIL during WWII, Finland set off hundreds of mines left by retreating Soviets by playing the same polka song about 1500 times
Y7evB TIL that the majority of the time, the “Catfish” is the one who initially contacts the hit TV show MTVs Catfish
rRwYw TIL that gorillas share 98.3% of their genetic code with humans, making them our closest cousins after chimpanzees and bonobos.
ADMZo TIL Since both creative people and schizophrenics have fewer D2 receptors in the striatum, researchers suggest that their brains do not filter out as much information as other people’s brains do. For creative people, this means they can come up with solutions and ideas that other people may not.