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TIL of a research which states that speed-watching of online materials positively impacts the comprehension of those materials.

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d8QYd TIL: Americans that live abroad and even get another citizenship, still have to pay US taxes
rNQ5y TIL Mary Baker (1792–1864) was an English impostor posing as the fictional Princess Caraboo from a distant island kingdom. She fooled a British town for several months before being exposed.
8eLM8 TIL that in 52 BC, during the Battle of Alesia, Julius Caesar trapped both the Gallic forces inside and outside the city by building dual lines of fortifications. Despite their larger numbers, the Gauls were crushed, leading to a decisive Roman victory and the end of the Gallic Wars.
xVMW7 TIL Ulysses S. Grant invested his own money in his son's firm, but it was not enough to save the firm from failure. Essentially penniless, but compelled by a sense of personal honor, Grant repaid Vanderbilt with his Civil War mementos. The matter left Grant financially destitute.
wopW7 TIL how speedcubers (aka speed solvers) solve a Rubik's Cube in less than 10 seconds. The steps include solving the cross, the first two layers, and then orienting and permuting the last layer.