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TIL Reasoning Is Sharper in a Foreign Language
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TIL that prehistoric European often connected Oak trees to their respective lightning gods. Modern scientific evidence points to Oak trees as being more likely to be struck by lightning.
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TIL that REO Speedwagon was a real automobile brand (1915)
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TIL that the Faber-Castell pencil company was founded in 1761, and is one of the world's oldest industrial companies and has been run by the same family for nine generations!
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TIL Black Eyed Peas' Let's Get It Started wasn't an original song, but rather a clean version of a song called Let's Get Retarded, also made by them
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TIL Judges' leniency in sentencing is influenced by timing and breaks. A study analyzing judges' decisions in criminal cases revealed that they were more likely to give favorable rulings early in the day and after breaks like lunch. Chance of a positive ruling decreased from 65% to 0 as time lapses.