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R7NE8 TIL that the volume of grey matter in an area of the brain called the precuneus is correlated with subjective happiness score and a 6-week mindfulness meditation course was found to correlate with significant grey matter increase in the precuneus.
e0Pv4 TIL that dung beetles, when placed in a planetarium behave with a sense of direction only under specific constellations. This would indicate that they celestially navigate.
epAW4 TIL president Lyndon Johnson almost got shot on November 23rd 1963 by a secret service agent, just 14 hours after JFK died
Br97L TIL Coca-Cola did not invent the modern image of the red and white clothed Santa Claus through their famous campaigns of the 1930's. His modern look goes back as far as the 1880's through an illustrator named Thomas Nast.
Oo8Yg TIL the actor Matthew Perry played the videogame Fallout 3 so often, he got carpal tunnel syndrome and had to see a doctor.