› added 4 years ago

101

TIL I learned that part of the reason kids like to spin, roll, and swing is that it stimulates and develops the proprioceptive system, which influences coordination, spatial, and body awareness, and also helps calm them down.

Read more mamaot.com

via reddit.com

PYM1J TIL humans live closer to the time of the T-Rex than the T.rex lived to the time of Stegosaurus
NX5n1 TIL Hershey trademarked the color orange.
Lk0pv TIL that the literary works of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov were all introduced to the English-language world by one woman, who didn't start learning Russian until she was 29, and learned via a dictionary and grammar book. She ultimately translated over 70 volumes.
neW5P TIL that when you fall in love, your serotonin levels drop to a point that rivals a person with OCD, which is why you get an obsessive wanting for your partner.
KQvJ TIL: The word ‘Sideburns’, is derived from the name of Ambrose Burnside, A Union Army General, the 30th governor of Rhode Island, and a man of majestic facial hair.