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TIL Jose Calugas (Filipino, Philippine Scouts-US Army) earned the Medal of Honor in WWII; "all the cannoneers were killed or wounded. Sgt. Calugas, ... voluntarily and without orders ran 1,000 yards across the shell-swept area to the gun position ... and fired effectively against the enemy, ..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Calugas
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TIL in 2011 Anthony Bourdain wrote a scene in the TV series Treme where a chef tosses a cocktail in the face of restaurant critic Alan Richman. Richman had angered many New Orleanians after criticizing the city's food culture post-Katrina. He agreed to film it despite a running feud with Bourdain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazerac#:~:text=In%202011%2C%20as,%5B20%5D
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LPT make sure you know clearly what to do if you get into a fender bender. Make sure your driving-age children know too.
Many people, especially teens, dont have a plan in place should they get into a minor car accident, with no injuries. This isn't a pro tip regarding the actual steps (will vary by municipality and your insurance, so research first). It's more to do with preparedness. You may not think straight at the moment so having a checklist prepared will help. Should you move your car if it's blocking traffic? Were there witnesses? Should you call the police? If so, emergency or non emergency number? What if they dont come? Is there a link where i can self report the accident? Which document info should be exchanged? What if the other driver doesn't have any? What if they appear to be under the influence? What photos besides the cars should you take? Etc. Missteps can lead to thousands in out-of-pocket losses
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TIL 91% of middle-aged men who died by suicide had asked for help from at least one service or agency before death contrary to the preconception that men don't seek help for their mental health
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/reports/suicide-by-middle-aged-men/
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LPT - At the end of every week, write one sentence, what slowed me down the most this week?
You will find real patterns in your behavior. Fixing one slowdown is worth more than ten new hacks.
Almost nobody tracks slowdowns. This is real improvement.
Example:
Last week my slowdown was very simple. I kept switching between my email and my main task. I thought it was harmless, but when I wrote my one sentence at the end of the week, I saw the pattern clearly. I was breaking my focus every ten minutes.
Once I noticed it, I changed one thing the next week: I opened my email only on the hour. That one change gave me more progress than any new app or trick.
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TIL Ernest Hemingway survived two blast-type injuries in WW1 and WW2, two plane crashes in Africa, a car accident in London during the blitz, a skylight falling onto his head in Paris and a motor vehicle accident as well as a fall from a fishing boat in Cuba. In total he had nine concussions.
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/hemingways-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy
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How do you all deal with cat hair literally… EVERYWHERE?
So I swear my cat sheds like she’s getting paid for it. I love her to death, but lately it feels like I’m living inside a giant, slow-moving snow globe made entirely of cat hair. I’ll vacuum, lint-roll, wipe things down… and 24 hours later it’s like I never existed.
What else do you guys do? Anyone discovered a magic tool or hack that doesn’t involve shaving the cat
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TIL that building the Great Pyramid only required about 1 to 2 % of Ancient Egypt’s GDP-equivalent, according to leading Egyptologists. Despite its size, it barely strained the Old Kingdom economy, which had a huge agricultural surplus.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/builders.html
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I am screwed, there is a mark on my mum’s new bathroom tile.
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LPT: If you struggle to start things, shrink the first step till it feels kinda stupid. It fixes more than motivation ever will.
a lot of ppl think they have a motivation problem when really they have a “my first step is way too big” problem. your brain freaks out when it sees a whole task, but it’ll give you a tiny yes if the first step is small enough that you cant talk yourself out of it.
example: instead of “clean the whole kitchen,” tell yourself “put 1 cup in the sink.” instead of “go workout,” say “walk into the garage and touch a dumbell.” instead of “do the whole report,” open the doc and type the first sentence, even if its bad. most of the time the small start drags you into real momentum without you noticing.
this works because your brain only cares if you finished something. it doesnt track size, it just tracks a win. one tiny win flips your mindset from avoidance to progress, and that shift makes the next step way easier.
this isnt common sense at all, cuz most people keep waiting around trying to feel motivated first, which almost never shows up. shrinking the starting line gives you movement, and movement creates the motivation ppl think they’re missing.
sounds dumb but it saves you hours of stress and gets you moving when nothing else works. give yourself a win so small you literally cant fail, and you’ll finally start the stuff youve been avoiding.
if you got a micro start trick that works for you, drop it. im always stealing good ideas from smarter ppl.
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LPT If you find yourself procrastinating on something you don't want to do? Find something worse to do.
Doing a bit of the worse task will make the original start to seem appealing. Need to clean the garage? Start filing taxes. Best part is one way or another you have some annoying task to take off your list. I call this Cascading Procrastination.
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TIL David Bowie declined the honor to be knighted twice: “I seriously don’t know what it’s for. It’s not what I spent my life working for.”
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-david-bowie-refused-his-knighthood/
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TIL in 2003, the remote island country of Nauru had no contact with the outside world for weeks as telecom systems were cut off. This was due to economic & political chaos, with the president being replaced so frequently that the BBC was unsure who the president was during the telecom outage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2787401.stm#:~:text=The%20tiny%20Pacific%20island%20of,Riches%20to%20chaos
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LPT: If you waste groceries often, build meals around what spoils fastest not what sounds good first
Most food waste happens when we plan meals around cravings instead of expiration speed.
When you get groceries, quickly sort them into:
“Use first” (fresh produce, opened items)
“Use later” (frozen, dry goods)
For the first few days, plan meals strictly around the “use first” group.
This solves the problem of throwing away food that you fully intended to eat.
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TIL that a 71-year-old man in Rwanda, Callixte Nzamwita, says he has lived in complete isolation for 55 years due to an extreme fear of women known as gynophobia.
https://guardian.ng/life/71-year-old-man-lives-55-years-in-isolation-for-fear-of-women
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TIL that paleontologists now think T. rex didn't constantly show its teeth. Like modern lizards, it likely had lips that hid its teeth when its mouth was shut.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/30/tyrannosaurus-t-rex-had-lips-over-teeth-research
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TIL: Button cell battery names are actually codes include the chemistry, shape, diameter and thickness. e,g, CR2032 is C lithium, R round, 20mm diamter, 3.2mm thick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button_cell
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YSK: Pork and chicken are healthier, cheaper alternatives to beef that only taste bland because of outdated cooking habits.
Why YSK: With beef prices at record highs, switching to chicken breast or pork loin can cut your meat budget nearly in half while significantly lowering your saturated fat intake AND satisfying your protein intake. Most people avoid these cuts because they grew up eating them overcooked. Modern food safety standards allow pork to be eaten safely at 145 F (a medium roast, rather than gray leather), and chicken stays juicy if you don't cook it to death.
By simply using a meat thermometer and adding savory seasonings (like soy sauce or smoked paprika) to mimic the meaty depth of beef, or using techniques like velveting for chicken or dry brining for pork, you can get the same satisfaction for a fraction of the cost and environmental impact.
Even switching to chicken and pork for just two meals a week can save you hundreds of dollars.
Lastly, focusing on lean cuts of pork and chicken also has health benefits. While beef is a powerhouse for iron and B12, it is often high in calories and saturated fat. Chicken breast and pork loin are significantly leaner. Pork tenderloin is as lean as skinless chicken breast and has been certified as "heart-healthy" by the American Heart Association.
Tl;dr chicken breast and pork loin are roughly 80% cheaper per pound than beef, have versatile and delicious flavor profiles if cooked and prepped correctly, are rich in protein, and are healthier for your heart and cholesterol.
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LPT: If a room in your home keeps developing a strange or stale smell, clean the walls, not just the floors and fabrics.
Most people forget that painted walls, especially near kitchens, bathrooms, or high-traffic areas, actually absorb odor over time. A quick wipe-down with warm water + a mild cleaner can refresh a space way more than another round of vacuuming or air freshening.
https://redd.it/1peq4sy
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TIL: Peanut Allergies Are Everywhere in the West but Rare in Asia
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6021584/
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TIL: The difference between Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / i9 chips often comes down to how many of the tiny circuits on a wafer survive manufacturing without defects. This is called product binning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_binning
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LPT: When someone apologizes, stop saying "It's okay." Say this instead.
The phrase "It's okay" is often a reflex, but it immediately minimizes your feelings and you unintentionally give them a mental "free pass" to repeat the behavior.
Instead, try one of these responses:
1. I appreciate the apology. I'm glad we talked about it.
2. Thank you for apologizing. I was pretty disappointed, but I accept it.
Why this works:
You make it clear that the action wasn't okay, but the apology is appreciated.
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TIL: In the US, performers don't get paid when their music gets played on the radio, only songwriters. If a recording artist doesn't have a writing credit on the song, they won't get paid when it is played on the radio
https://soundcharts.com/blog/radio-royalties
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TIL for decades, black US train workers were all called "George" by racist passengers. Many black workers were formerly enslaved, when they were calles by slaveholders' names. Later, racists called them by their white CEO's name, George Pullman. An early Black workers union led it to its banning.
https://www.chicagohistory.org/brotherhood-sleeping-car-porters/
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YSK that humidifiers can mess up your central air. If yours is filterless, and you use tap water, it'll release the minerals from the tap water into the air and that can clog up your blower.
A few winters ago when my kids were toddlers we put a filterless humidifier in their bedroom and cranked it up. We ignored the "distilled water only" label as a cash grab by Big Water™ and used tap water. A week later our furnace shut off. Couldn't figure out why.
A tech came and found the filter was COVERED with really fine white powder. Changed the filter and it worked fine.
The powder was probably calcium, one of the minerals in tap water. When water evaporates it leaves minerals behind, which is where the little dusty white spots on bathtubs come from.
Why YSK: Some humidifiers use evaporation, but most cheap portable ones are "ultrasonic" and instead use vibration to turn water into little droplets, and unless yours has a filter the droplets carry the minerals with them.
If you have central air with an air return then the droplets will get sucked into your ducts and any minerals will stick to the machinery and your air filter. Too much will restrict the airflow and cause the blower to shut down.
So, we learned that the distilled water label isn't a ploy, it's because distilled water is evaporated and so mostly mineral-free.
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TIL "squirting" was what Microsoft called "sharing" MP3s via their Zune MP3 player and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried really hard to sell the feature: "I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's a software experience."
https://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2006/10/17/how_to_and_how_not_to_sell_technology
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TIL there was staunch opposition when the EU gave feta cheese Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status as a Greek product as countries such as Denmark produced similar products, arguing the term had become generic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feta
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LPT: when you keep losing motivation, switch your task the second you feel yourself stalling
i started doing this thing where the moment my brain hits that weird slowdown feeling, i don’t force the task anymore. i just swap to another small thing on my list. dishes, email, whatever.
sounds chaotic but it keeps me moving way more than pretending willpower is infinite. weirdly the original task gets easier once i come back to it.
saved me from a ton of those staring-at-the-wall moments. kinda feels like tricking my own brain but hey it works.
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TIL a food allergies expert with an allergy to peanuts, was inadvertently exposed to peanuts by a colleague who gave him a homemade cookie. His colleague had used the same spatula to make both peanut butter cookies & peanut-free cookies. It took 5 shots of epinephrine to stop his allergic reaction.
https://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/05/18/peanut.allergies/#:~:text=But%20even%20experts,stop%20Wood%27s%20reaction
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what are some brain tricks, to use as motivation for doing unenjoyable tasks later in the day?
for me this is running, ive been too lazy in the mornings recently but i want to ensure I DONT leave the day off.thinking, watch the football while on treadmill? associate the football with it, so im semi excited, idk its just such a slog cause i hate cardio lol, i do it in morning to get it done and im regimental af that way.
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