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TIL about 'Tetris Effect,' where people who play games for extended periods begin to see game patterns when they close their eyes or dream about the game, showing how deeply games can affect neural pathways. [Source]
Mi succedeva di vedere il filo scendere quando chiudevo gli occhi dopo lavoro
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TIL that the human body replaces its entire skeleton every 10 years. [Source]
NCBI Bookshelf
The Basics of Bone in Health and Disease
While dealing with a subject that is highly technical in nature, this chapter attempts to explain bone biology in terms that a lay person can generally understand. It is intended to provide the reader with the background needed to understand the basis for…
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TIL of 'normalcy bias', a cognitive distortion that convinces people nothing is wrong during a crisis. One author said that during a tornado warning, people 'would try to shame him into denial so they could remain calm' [Source]