TIL of Julian Jaynes's 'Bicameral Mind Theory' which suggests that ancient humans were not self aware and that the right hemisphere communicated with the left via auditory hallucinations. These voices may have been interpreted as 'gods' by early humans.
TIL There's a micro-generation called 'Xennials' for those born between 1977 and 1985. These people grew up with an analog childhood and a digital adulthood
TIL of bog butter—an ancient waxy substance often found buried in peat bogs that was used as a way of preserving butter in ancient Ireland. The butter would gain flavor notes from its surroundings that were namely described as “gamey,” “moss,” “funky,” “pungent,” and “salami.”
A single night of sleep loss impairs working memory in women, but not men. In contrast to males who were unaffected, females not only had impaired working memory, but they were also unaware of it. Sleep-deprived young women are at particular risk for overestimating their working memory performance.