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TIL Critical Periods: Periods of time where an organism's brain is extremely malleable and sensitive to stimuli. If the organism doesn't receive the appropriate stimulus during this critical period to learn a given skill- it maybe difficult or even impossible to develop certain associated functions

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y7Bp TIL that Robert Smith, frontman of the band The Cure, famous for singing songs about love, heartbreak and breakups, has been with the same woman since they were 14 years old
nmnB TIL the first car to use a rear-view mirror was driven by inaugural Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun to see the cars catching up behind him
dDE1d TIL on Feb 5, 1919, Hollywood heavyweights Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith joined forces to create their own film studio, the United Artists Corporation.
Oo1wL TIL that Iceland has the highest number of authors per head, and one in ten icelandic people will publish a book in their lifetime
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