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TIL: Vitamin D does not come from the sun; it comes from our skin. Sunlight is the factor that converts cholesterol in our skin to Vitamin D3.

TIL that there is a bigger volcanic process than super volcanoes called Large Igneous Provinces that appear to have occurred simultaneously with extinction events.

How to Brainwash a Nation - 82 min (1984) - Former KGB agent explains how Russia destroys nations - [01:21:11]

World Poetry Day: 28 of poetry's most powerful lines ever written

Elementary particle explorer. Explore the lie group of the Standard Model and additional proposed theories such as the E8 model, Pati-Salam and SO(10).

From the javascript community on Reddit

The Philosopher's Zone podcast on the idea of a common humanity

Gluten-sensitive? It may actually be a carb making you ill. Evidence suggests it may be the fructan molecules in wheat that cause stomach problems in 12% of people with “gluten sensitivity”, finds randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study.

Brain device boosts learning in monkeys by 40%

Oh,man.

New study shows that those with prosocial (nice) patterns of brain activity are more likely to be depressed. Is there hope for the nice guys?

How I Accidentally Became a Designer and Starting Working with Celebrities

How to Stay Calm and Present Regardless of What Life Throws At You | Improving Slowly

TIL that there is an affliction called Word Salad, wherein a person speaking spontaneously breaks into unintelligible gibberish without realizing it is occurring

Excellent article on scientific writing and the use of literary devices

The Carmack Plan

I made another cinemagraph of S03E06

A mosquito's foot at 800X magnification

From the explainlikeimfive community on Reddit

From the minimalism community on Reddit

TIL that when humans domesticated wolves, we basically bred Williams syndrome into dogs, which is characterized by 'cognitive difficulties and a tendency to love everyone

How to tie your shoelaces to deter common problems

Until she didn't move at all, digital, GIF, 600 X 600 px

Healthy obesity doesn’t exist; obesity is not a benign condition - new study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, show.

8,000-Year-Old Rock Art Includes the World's Oldest Images of Leashed Dogs

Kickstart Mycologos: world's first mycology school

AI Turns Pixelated Photos into Crystal Clear Images

Learning to Think and Argue: a path to automated theorem proving

Depression is associated with an increased risk of premature death for both men and women, a Canadian study shows. The connection appeared strongest in the years following a depressive episode but decays over time, underscoring the importance of diagnosing and treating depression

[Method] TheSecretWeapon.org, one of the best sites on how to use the 'Getting Things Done' method in combination with Evernote, sadly went offline. I saved a PDF of their manifesto if anyone is interested.