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TIL Botox may alleviate depression symptoms in some people. Researchers found that by paralyzing muscles in the face associated with negative emotions (called grief muscles) people’s moods improved. They believe it interrupts a feedback loop where negative face expressions can impact your mood.
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TIL of Nominative Determinism, the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in New Scientist, when the magazine’s humorous “Feedback” column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames.
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TIL slime molds are problem solvers, scooting around on pseudopods before ballooning to release their spores. They can find the shortest path through a maze, and they inspired a slime-mold algorithm that researchers used to map filaments of dark matter connecting galaxies in the universe.
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