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TIL 45% of Americans have at least one Chronic disease

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8aGaX TIL Pandora's Jar was called Pandora's Box due to translation error and the mistake has stuck!
4N9N TIL that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster without loss of accuracy. Video game players develop a heightened sensitivity to what is going on around them, which helps with multitasking, driving, keeping track of friends in a crowd, and navigating around town.
YKrr TIL that on an island in Indonesia, if a child dies before he has started teething, the baby is placed inside the trunk of a growing tree. The hole is then sealed and as the tree begins to heal, the child is believed to be absorbed. Dozens of babies may be interred within a single tree.
kWLe TIL that during the 1904 Olympic Marathon, the winner drank brandy and rat poison, but was refused water. One competitor, wearing trousers and a long sleeve shirt, took a nap during the race, and finished in 4th.
XJ1R Today I learned that puppy breath smells good because their esophagus is still developing. You smell gas from the fresh food and sweet milk they just ate as opposed to bile or plaque in an adult dog’s breath.