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TIL polar swimmer Lewis Pugh is able to raise his core body temperature from 98.6 to 102F just before diving into freezing water; researchers have called it 'anticipatory thermogenesis'.

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Inspired by The Great Wave and Galway, Ireland. Done on my lower leg today by Alex Odisy at Parliament Tattoo in London.

My great grandfather with his rebellious daughter 1920s

This is the homemade atmospheric water generator I designed to function in the Negev desert. I am not patenting it, and I hope others either use it, or help improve the design. I used these to create the Arad botanical garden atop a mountain in the Middle East.

TIL Vitamin D is not really a vitamin, but a hormone that starts synthesis with sunlight.

TIL the vast majority of auto insurance claims are processed through a software called Colossus, created by McKinsey, was systematically designed to increase a company's bottom line profit margins and to screw out consumers...

my learning from last ~25 years

TIL that there is a pub in Austria that has been fully operational since 803. 🇦🇹

Key to willpower lies in believing you have it in abundance. People who believe they have an abundant supply of self-control are more likely to feel invigorated by mentally taxing activities than people who believe their willpower is a finite resource

Darwin Made Me Do It: Our evolved nature provides us with the resources to live morally decent lives, even if the theory of natural selection undermines the project of moral philosophy.

Inspect JavaScript object methods and properties in the console.

AI progress has often been measured by the ability to defeat humans in zero-sum encounters (e.g. Chess or Go). Less attention has been given to human–machine cooperation. Scientists develop an algorithm that can cooperate with people and other algorithms at levels that rival human cooperation.

TIL the human brain remains half awake when sleeping in a new environment for the first time.

Machines Teaching Each Other Could Be the Biggest Exponential Trend in AI

Research published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics finds that gluten free foods (1,724 food items) contain more fat, salt & sugar than their gluten containing equivalents - with the exception of crackers. Plus, gluten free foods were 159% more expensive than regular food.

42 people hold more wealth than 3.7 billion people combined

Can’t get rid of that awful breath? Grab a flashlight and check for tonsil stones in the back of your throat. They are fairly easy to swab away with a cotton swab.

Intimidating architecture of this temple

Study of sapiosexuality suggests some people really are sexually attracted to intelligence. The study in the journal Intelligence found that most people desire a partner who is smart. Furthermore, a small percentage of them reported that they were specifically sexually aroused by intelligence.

React, Redux and JavaScript Architecture

TIL that the forbidden fruit in the Bible was not an apple. It only became known as an apple when the bible was translated into Latin in the 4th century, because the word 'Malus' means both apple and evil.

My parent's idea of frugality: there's about a dozen of these 'value' screwdrivers around their house

Laws of UX is a collection of the key maxims that designers must consider when building user interfaces.

Imperial research suggests psilocybin can help relieve the symptoms of depression, without the 'dulling' of emotions linked with antidepressants.

TIL homosexual males and females have a smaller INAH 3 (interstitial nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus) than heterosexual males and the region has been observed to have a direct influence in sexual behavior in animals

I finally found the time to refresh the look of my Windows.

Two Experiments Show Fourth Spatial Dimension Effect

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