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TIL Electrons flow through a typical copper wire much slower than a turtle walks

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jNj1Q TIL of a study that examined the brains of nuns who engaged in “centering prayer,” which is meant to create a feeling of oneness with God. The nuns’ brain scans showed similarities to people who use drugs like psilocybin mushrooms.
oBwkY TIL that the Hostile attribution bias is the tendency to interpret others' behaviors as having hostile intent, even when the behavior is ambiguous or benign.
kO9B TIL all of the videos on BBC’s website have volumes that go up to 11
ZpWw4 TIL that ancient Egyptiants trained baboons to harvest fruits and palm nuts.
5YjQ9 TIL that sentences with the sole purpose of annoying the reader exist and are called "garden path sentences". They make you go back and read the sentence again, an example is: "The old man the boat"