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TIL That until 2022, the Japanese Public School System forced schoolgirls in Japan were forced to wear specific colours of underwear and were forced to have dyed black hair in school.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/tokyo-schools-cut-controversial-rules-governing-hairstyles-and-underwear
https://redd.it/1jx2ksu
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TIL: After the trans-Saharan slave trade ended, Muslim-African Hajj pilgrims were deceived by tribal leaders, who offered low-cost travel to the East Coast. Upon arrival, they were trafficked across the Red Sea and sold into slavery in Saudi Arabia, instead of being allowed to perform the Hajj.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Saudi_Arabia#Hajj_slave_route
https://redd.it/1jwzofl
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TIL that deep sleep is when your body repairs and builds muscle tissue. Without enough quality sleep, your body can't fully recover from workouts, which can hinder muscle growth.
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/how-much-sleep-do-i-need?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://redd.it/1jwya5p
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TIL that Euler was functionally blind. In 1738, he became nearly blind in his right eye, earning the nickname "Cyclops" from Frederick II; by 1766, he lost vision in his left eye as well. Despite this, his productivity actually surged: in 1775, he wrote on average one mathematical paper per week
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler#Eyesight_deterioration
https://redd.it/1jwq0m8
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LPT: On most phones, you can move the cursor within text by sliding your finger right or left on the space bar.
If you are ever frustrated with trying to get the cursor to fall into place when you're editing your documents and what not, try sliding the spacebar in the direction you want the cursor to go.
This is a far easier way to pinpoint the cursor.
https://redd.it/1jwrpx1
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TIL in 2001 a 6-year-old boy died during an MRI exam when the machine's magnetic field jerked a metal oxygen tank across the room, fracturing his skull and injuring his brain. The child was under sedation at the time of the accident.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92745
https://redd.it/1jwo8qq
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TIL among young, elite chess players, not only was a higher IQ no advantage, but it seemed to put them at a slight disadvantage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak:_Secrets_from_the_New_Science_of_Expertise
https://redd.it/1jwmtf6
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LPT: If you’re about to argue with your partner while you’re both hungry… just stop and eat first.
You’re not mad. You’re just two sandwiches away from a peaceful resolution.
https://redd.it/1jwhopb
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TIL Before the asteroid impact hypothesis was firmly established in 1977, the proposed explanations as to why dinosaurs went extinct included theories such as "The T rex ate all the eggs of the last generation of dinosaurs" and "their brain shrunk until they became too stupid to live"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_extinction_event_research
https://redd.it/1jwcpwu
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TIL that at one point, there was so much human waste in the streets of medieval Paris, they had more than one street named using the French word for 'shit'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#Lack_of_hygiene
https://redd.it/1jw9ehm
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TIL that Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak died by an assassin's bullet intended for President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt after a bystander hit the assassin with a purse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Cermak
https://redd.it/1jw5e9c
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Till that deaf people have actually been seen to use sign language in their sleep.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/do-deaf-people-do-sign-language-in-their-sleep
https://redd.it/1jw4v9f
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LPT: A family member just happen to cross your mind? Give them a call, if you can.
Really, it's hard to overstate just how good it is, for the both of you— especially if that family member is elderly or doesn't live close by! Let them know that they popped in your head, and so you thought you'd ring to say hi and see how life's going.
Keeping in the loop, sharing the little good things that happened during your day, it really does do well for the heart. I rang my sister on a whim earlier this afternoon and she text me half an hour later letting me know that I'd made her day.
Unbeknownst to me, she's been going through a bit of a rough time, and she said talking with her helped her feel a lot better.
It's a lovely thing to do for someone, to make them feel loved and valued, and it's a lovely thing to do for yourself to know that you've made someone's day even marginally better.
https://redd.it/1jw0zfo
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TIL that Elizabeth I was likely molested by her stepfather Thomas Seymour. He would forcefully tickle her, slap her butt, and at one point cut her dress ‘into a hundred pieces’. This only ended when Thomas and Elizabeth where caught alone in embrace, resulting in Elizabeth being sent away
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I
https://redd.it/1jvxtgi
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YSK: Old Navy (and other major retailers) deliberately destroy perfectly good clothing before throwing it away to stop people from salvaging it.
Why YSK: You Should Know that Old Navy has been caught tossing massive amounts of unsold or returned clothes into the trash—but not before slicing through each item to make sure no one else can use them. We’re talking brand-new jeans, coats, and shirts intentionally slashed, rendering them useless to anyone trying to recover them. Why? Because it’s more important to protect profits and “brand value” than to help those in need.
This isn’t just wasteful—it’s infuriating. With so many people struggling to afford basic necessities, destroying usable clothing is a deliberate, heartless choice. Instead of donating to shelters or organizations that help unhoused or low-income folks, they make sure the clothes go to waste. Capitalism at its ugliest.
So next time you shop, maybe think twice about where your money goes—and spread the word. Retailers can do better, but they won’t until we demand it.
https://redd.it/1jvsdoq
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TIL that spelling bees are an English phenomenon. Languages like Italian and German usually don't have them because they have consistent spelling unlike English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_bee?wprov=sfla1
https://redd.it/1jx0t31
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Padraig’s wonderful advice on getting your kids into golf
https://redd.it/1jwzuxj
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TIL Matt Damon wrote the first draft of Good Will Hunting's first act as an assignment in a playwriting class during his fifth year at Harvard. The only scene that survived verbatim from that "40-some-odd-page document" was the scene where Damon's character & Robin Williams' character first meet.
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2013/01/02/good-will-hunting-oral-history/#:~:text=Matt%20Damon%3A%C2%A0,meet%20Robin%20%5BWilliams%5D
https://redd.it/1jwv3uf
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LPT Request: How Can I Figure Out What Language People are Speaking?
Hi Friends!
We have recently become very fortunate to be able to afford some cleaners at our home. They speak almost no English, and I would really like to find out what language they speak to each other so I can learn some of it to communicate more effectively with them. I want to learn their language instead of insisting they learn mine just because they are in the United States; that's not fair.
I want them to feel like they are welcome in our home and that we are a safe space for them. With all that is going on in the world, I do not want to be the reason people are feeling uneasy. I want them to feel invited and that we appreciate everything they do for us.
I've tried doing the "detect language" on translate apps, but I either get no results or varying languages each time. Has anyone ever figured out a way to understand a language someone is speaking another way?
https://redd.it/1jwpc1b
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LPT: If you struggle with good sleep
Gotta preface this by saying I've had poor sleep for most of my life, and it's been pretty bad the last couple of years when I started college. Over the last couple months I've tried just about every lifestyle change / sleep technique known to mankind and its probably impacted my life more than anything I've ever done... my energy is through the roof, I'm happier, everything... 3 of the biggest tips I'd recommend if you're struggling are...
Brain-dumping (write down all your racing thoughts into a journal or voice notes),
Take tart cherry supplements & magnesium glycinate (two flagship supplements for sleep that did the most impact imo),
Take a warm shower before bed (as you get out your bodies temperature drops and it helps lead to deeper sleep)
These are the top 3 and tips I'd recommend for anyone, I'd be more than happy to share some other things that worked and what didn't but bottom line FIX YOUR SLEEP!
https://redd.it/1jwr1ku
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How to get past a paywall
https://redd.it/1jwp61y
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LPT Request: What's an app that genuinely made your life better?
What’s one app that changed the way you live or work — not something trendy, but something you actually use every day?
https://redd.it/1jwm8ra
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TIL It's not clear who owns/uses the largest yacht in the world. The Azzam is officially a charter boat, which are exempt to European property tax, but does not offer charters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azzam_(2013_yacht)#Ownership_and_use
https://redd.it/1jwffgf
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TIL that in 2019, the TV series 'River Monsters' ended because host Jeremy Wade had caught nearly every exceptionally large freshwater fish species on Earth, leaving no content for future episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Monsters#Season_10_(2017)
https://redd.it/1jwchtw
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TIL that remittances (the practice of a foreign worker sending money back to their families) account for 20% of Haiti's GDP, the highest rate in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Haiti?wprov=sfla1
https://redd.it/1jw8by0
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LPT: Change into gym clothes before you leave the office (purely for comfort’s sake)!
I used to have a job that had a horrific, horrific commute (1+ hrs in heavy traffic) and around 3 months in, I started working out right after my day was done. I stopped going right after work, but I did not stop saying that I was going straight to the gym simply so that I change my clothes before leaving.
You would be SHOCKED how much less draining a commute (especially a long one) is when you’re not wearing a tight skirt, a scratchy blouse, or a Real Bra. Even more than the commute though, being as comfortable as possible as soon as possible made me feel like my work day was truly over the second I left the office. It also made it so much easier to pop in a quick errand on the way home because it’s so much easier to lug groceries into your car and then your apartment when you’re wearing sneakers instead of heels.
All of this to say— pack a “gym outfit” in your bag and take 3 minutes to change before getting in your car and I PROMISE you will feel the weight of corporate life lift off of your shoulders so much sooner.
https://redd.it/1jw7lv5
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YSK paying out of pocket may be a better deal for some medication options (US)
Why YSK: you could be getting more for your money without it going through the limits of insurance
Yesterday I got my mind blown - if this is common knowledge, I actually had no idea.
I use a medication that's on the $10 generics list. My actual Rx is for a 90 day supply but that amount always gets rejected by my insurance and they give me 30 days instead. I mentioned this to my primary care provider, told her I was wanting to stock up in case the world gets more nuts, and she suggested I ask the pharmacy about paying out of pocket. I hadn't considered that, assuming the $10/mo was getting me some kind of better deal. Turns out, not only can I get a full 90 day supply, I'll be saving $10-15 overall.
https://redd.it/1jvzy4g
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LPT: If you want people to like you more, ask them for small favors instead of offering help.
It sounds backwards, but it’s backed by psychology (the Ben Franklin Effect). When someone does you a small favor — like lending a pen, giving advice, or helping you carry something — their brain subconsciously starts to like you more.
Why? Because we justify our actions by assuming we helped someone we already liked.
So instead of always offering help (which can sometimes feel one-sided or even condescending), try this:
• “Hey, can I get your opinion on this real quick?”
• “Mind holding this for a sec?”
• “Can you remind me about this tomorrow?”
It makes people feel useful, trusted, and connected to you.
Counterintuitive, but seriously effective.
https://redd.it/1jvzrcq
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TIL sloths only poo once a week and can lose up to a third of their body weight with one poo. They come down from trees and dig a hole to poo in, and no one is sure why they risk their lives to do this
https://slothconservation.org/10-incredible-facts-about-the-sloth
https://redd.it/1jvweeb
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TIL Mississippi refused to air Sesame Street in 1970 due to its mixed-race cast.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/611570/when-mississippi-banned-sesame-street
https://redd.it/1jvv2rh
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