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TIL People who are liberals tend to have a more active conflict-related anterior cingulate activity response, which could suggest a better ability to change habitual behaviour.

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DQBAP TIL there have been 16,000 books and articles published on Lincoln—125 on the assassination alone—more than any other American.
P1A7G TIL: Barbra Streisand had her dog cloned twice
xldb TIL that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s family filed a civil case in 1999, alleging that his assassination was the result of a police/federal conspiracy, and won. Their restitution? $100, to prove it was not for financial gain.
BrOnb TIL of the Pareto Principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) which states that for many events roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.(reuploaded with a working link)
ElgX TIL a 2006 trial of an autoimmune drug that was found to be safe in mice, caused human volunteers fingers and toes to die within minutes of taking it and left them with multiple organ failures.