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Out of the Dust: Kazakh Researchers Bring Back Manuscripts That Might Open New Pages of Kazakh History From World Archives

by HistoryBuff September 5, 2022, 5:58 am

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Researchers document 1,000-year-old paintings excavated in Sudan

by HistoryBuff August 30, 2022, 9:05 pm

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TIL monkeys in Indonesia engage in tool-assisted masturbation by tapping and rubbing stones against their genitals. Researchers in the study of 173 long-tailed macaques observed and hypothesized the stones were used as “sex toys”

by whatilearned August 28, 2022, 2:13 pm

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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.

by whatilearned August 27, 2022, 1:38 pm

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TIL: Researchers in Botswana ran an experiment to reduce lion attacks in cows. They painted large eyes on the cow backsides. After several years, they showed fewer (zero) attacks on the eye-butt cows vs unpainted cows (15).

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 12:28 am

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TIL that 82% of avocado oil sold in the United States is either rancid or mixed with other oils. Researchers at UC Davis even discovered three bottles labeled as avocado oil contained no avocado oil whatsoever.

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 7:21 pm

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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.

by whatilearned July 21, 2022, 12:22 pm

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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.

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 11:58 am

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TIL The Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego, restricts access to parts of its Dr Seuss archives and forbids photography of materials, even to researchers

by whatilearned July 7, 2022, 7:27 am

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TIL about Kanzi, a male bonobo that learned language by eavesdropping on the lessons that researchers were giving to his adoptive mother.

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 12:32 pm

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TIL in a study of “extreme relistening” researchers found that Bittersweet songs were listened to many more times than the other song types – on average 790 times, vs. 515 for Calm songs and 175 for Happy songs.

by whatilearned June 18, 2022, 2:23 pm

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TIL that researchers believe the area around two cemeteries in Kyrgyzstan is the origin of the plague

by whatilearned June 15, 2022, 6:34 pm

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