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TIL there is a 99.26% correlation (r=0.992558) between divorce rates in Maine and the per capita consumption of margarine.

TIL crows are capable of forming close bonds with people. When an 8 year old girl left food out on a bird feeder, the crows would leave trinkets like earrings, hearts, and a 'best friend' charm in return.

Nesting aids make agricultural fields attractive for bees

Our backcountry campsite came with chanterelles and wild blueberries

TIL that in Russia, there is a monument to honor laboratory mice that have lost their lives furthering scientific research.

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What is the name of this cracked egg flower mushroom?

TIL you only need 40 digits of pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe to a margin of error of 1 hydrogen atom

My dad and I started restoring vintage audio equipment this summer, so I made us a business card / logo.

Found out about Pixel sorting. Had to give it a go.

TIL of miracle fruit, a berry from west Africa. After eating the fruit all sour foods will taste sweet for 30 minutes. The effect is caused by the chemical miraculin , and the berry was original used to sweeten wine.

Earth's Tectonic Activity May Be Crucial for Life -- and Rare in Our Galaxy

TIL About banner blindness, a phenomen where web users subconciously ignore information on webpages from ad-like banners.

DIOR HOMME - Spring 2017 Pre-Collection Lookbook

An evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston has published new calculations that indicate no more than 25% of the human genome is functional.

The new Assassin's Creed looks awesome!

Demon Hunter, Digital 18' x 24.

Egomania (2007) Fascinating documentary about people with NPD, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and features a really interesting twist. PS: I really hate how much I can relate to some of these traits [47:25]

Bacteria in a one-year-old's poop can predict how he or she will perform on cognitive tests by age two. This is the first study to link gut microbes to cognitive development in humans.

TIL of 'acquired savant syndrome,' which (for example) allowed a man who suffered a head injury to spontaneously become an expert pianist

“The Cup Of His Murders Is Flowing Over And In His Coat Shall Be Many Curses” by Teagan White, Gouache and watercolor on paper, 2017

TIL Honey can be purple, and many other colors.

2010 to 2016, watercolor

TIL that muscle memory is just our synapses getting more efficient. The repeated physical activity makes myelin sheaths better with each electrical signal.

Oxygen and hyperbaric oxygen therapy reverses brain damage in drowned toddler

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Following from a surprising mention of Simone Weil by French president Emmanuel Macron, here's why her philosophy and ideas about the myth of progress are especially relevant today

Hearing voices is only as bad as what they tell you, a new study suggests. Researchers have shown that auditory hallucinations only have a negative impact if they clash with the person's values and objectives.

This is one of several posters I did for a ballet a few months ago. I really enjoyed doing these and like the way they turned out.

'Lost in Thought',Mixed Media,Marie-Esther,2014