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TIL About “Cancer Alley” a part of south Louisiana where corporations/fossil fuel industry has been allegedly spreading illness

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PYeRJ TIL one of New York’s first crime bosses was a Prussian immigrant known as Mother Mandelbaum. She built up a criminal empire worth millions, ran a school to teach kids how to become successful pickpockets and thieves, and functioned as one most prominent hostesses for New York’s high society.
16AdV TIL that neuroplasticity, also known as neural plasticity, or brain plasticity, is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization. Learning a new skill and learning new information can change neuron pathways and rewire the brain to function in new ways.
jYLN TIL that during the 1800 US Presidential campaign, Federalists sent out a paper saying Jefferson was dead, hoping to suppress his support, hoping word would travel slow that he wasn’t dead.
j69Ra TIL a Giant Panda research center in China has been working on a panda linguistics project since 2010. They were able decipher 13 different panda phrases. 'If we can understand their language, it will help us protect the animal, especially in the wild,” Zhang said.
jNEMp TIL that most airline forbid their pilots from eating the same meal on a flight. That way, in the event that one type of meal is contaminated, both of the pilots won't succumb to food poisoning