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TIL we treat our future selves like another person. When we are asked to think about ourselves, certain parts of our brain light up. When we are asked to think about our future selves, different areas of our brain light up, The same areas we use to think about other people.

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e6yE TIL that the czech secret police used fake border posts to convince refugees they successfully fled the country. Afterwards they were interviewed by fake US personal to find out who else wanted to flee. A lot of refugees were talked into leaving the country by agent provocateurs to begin with
16rlD TIL that the 196 fastest 50 metre (short course) freestyle times have all come in the last 16 years
b4ea TIL Coke countered Crystal Pepsi with Tab Clear. The idea was that Tab was perceived as an inferior, boring diet type drink, and equating it as competition with Crystal Pepsi would damage its image. Coke succeeded and both products were dead within five months
woJw7 TIL that former NFL player James Brooks was found to be illiterate when he couldn't read court documents. He admitted to not paying over $100k in child support. When the judge asked how he graduated from Auburn without being able to read, he said, " I didn't have to go to class. "
16BnW TIL that a Commodore 64 program was hidden in the "run-out groove" of the 1984 vinyl record album Electric Eye by the band Prodigal. When the program is loaded and run on the Commodore computer, it displays quotes from Albert Einstein and the Bible.