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TIL in 1343, while laying siege to a Genoese outpost, a Mongolian army fell ill With plague. During withdrawal, they catapulted the diseased bodies into the city. The inhabitants then also fell ill, and the merchants in the city went on to spread the plague to Constantinople and ultimately Europe.
TIL in 1343, while laying siege to a Genoese outpost, a Mongolian army fell ill With plague. During withdrawal, they catapulted the diseased bodies into the city. The inhabitants then also fell ill, and the merchants in the city went on to spread the plague to Constantinople and ultimately Europe.
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TIL in 1343, while laying siege to a Genoese outpost, a Mongolian army fell ill With plague. During withdrawal, they catapulted the diseased bodies into the city. The inhabitants then also fell ill, and the merchants in the city went on to spread the plague to Constantinople and ultimately Europe.
Coffee can help people have a more favorable view of their colleagues - Drinking coffee before a discussion can help people stay focused and feel better about the people in the conversation, suggests a new study with 134 college student in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
Coffee can help people have a more favorable view of their colleagues - Drinking coffee before a discussion can help people stay focused and feel better about the people in the conversation, suggests a new study with 134 college student in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
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Coffee can help people have a more favorable view of their colleagues - Drinking coffee before a discussion can help people stay focused and feel better about the people in the conversation, suggests a new study with 134 college student in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
A new study may have revealed the reason that our memory has limitations. The researchers found that trying to retain too much information in our working memory leads to a communication breakdown between parts of the brain responsible for maintaining it.
A new study may have revealed the reason that our memory has limitations. The researchers found that trying to retain too much information in our working memory leads to a communication breakdown between parts of the brain responsible for maintaining it.
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A new study may have revealed the reason that our memory has limitations. The researchers found that trying to retain too much information in our working memory leads to a communication breakdown between parts of the brain responsible for maintaining it.
TIL that the 'Five stages of grief' model has no factual or scientific basis and its creator Elizabeth Kubler-Ross said that the stages are not a linear and predictable progression and that she regretted writing them in a way that was misunderstood
TIL that the 'Five stages of grief' model has no factual or scientific basis and its creator Elizabeth Kubler-Ross said that the stages are not a linear and predictable progression and that she regretted writing them in a way that was misunderstood
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TIL that the 'Five stages of grief' model has no factual or scientific basis and its creator Elizabeth Kubler-Ross said that the stages are not a linear and predictable progression and that she regretted writing them in a way that was misunderstood
TIL Picasso once famously said: 'It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.' Researchers hypothesized that this is because early childhood is a period characterized by 'exuberant neural connectivity' that facilitates 'arbitrary sensory experiences in infants.
TIL Picasso once famously said: 'It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.' Researchers hypothesized that this is because early childhood is a period characterized by 'exuberant neural connectivity' that facilitates 'arbitrary sensory experiences in infants.
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TIL Picasso once famously said: 'It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.' Researchers hypothesized that this is because early childhood is a period characterized by 'exuberant neural connectivity' that facilitates 'arbitrary sensory experiences in infants.
Scientists nix Alzheimer’s-causing brain plaques in mice. Could humans be next? In experiments with mice, researchers demonstrated that it is possible to remove the plaques which begin forming in the brains of future Alzheimer’s patients, sometimes years before the disease manifests.
Scientists nix Alzheimer’s-causing brain plaques in mice. Could humans be next? In experiments with mice, researchers demonstrated that it is possible to remove the plaques which begin forming in the brains of future Alzheimer’s patients, sometimes years before the disease manifests.
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Scientists nix Alzheimer’s-causing brain plaques in mice. Could humans be next? In experiments with mice, researchers demonstrated that it is possible to remove the plaques which begin forming in the brains of future Alzheimer’s patients, sometimes years before the disease manifests.
TIl John Milton was totally blind during the composition of his ten-thousand-line epic poem Paradise Lost. Every morning he would have verses already prepared in his head for his aide to take dicatation. If the aide was late, Milton would complain, saying 'I want to be milked'
TIl John Milton was totally blind during the composition of his ten-thousand-line epic poem Paradise Lost. Every morning he would have verses already prepared in his head for his aide to take dicatation. If the aide was late, Milton would complain, saying 'I want to be milked'
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TIl John Milton was totally blind during the composition of his ten-thousand-line epic poem Paradise Lost. Every morning he would have verses already prepared in his head for his aide to take dicatation. If the aide was late, Milton would complain, saying 'I want to be milked'