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TIL about the Libet experiment, a controversial and groundbreaking study on free will that demonstrated that there was unconscious brain activity before the conscious decision to perform an act

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ZL5v TIL that in July of 2015, Mitchelle Blair received a life sentence without possibility for parole after torturing and murdering two of her four children, ages 9 and 13, based on claims from her youngest child that the two had molested him. She then stored their bodies in her home freezer.
yQREV TIL the fastest speed ever recorded on a bicycle is 183.931 mph. Recorded by Denise Mueller-Korenek in 2018 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, the gearing on the bike was so steep that she was towed to a speed of around 100mph before taking over under her own power!
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