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Comment on: TIL about Social Reorientation, a period in teenage years in which the brain naturally reduces dopamine during parental interaction and increases dopamine during peer interaction

From Reddit saved comment — r/todayilearned, u/cheekynihlist, Jun 20 2026 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1uavq7l/til_about_social_reorientation_a_period_in/osrv5bu/ Comment on: TIL about Social Reorientation, a period in teenage years in which the brain naturally reduces dopamine during parental interaction and increases dopamine during peer interaction

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TIL about Social Reorientation, a period in teenage years in which the brain naturally reduces dopamine during parental interaction and increases dopamine during peer interaction

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/Kemilio, Jun 20 2026 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1uavq7l/til_about_social_reorientation_a_period_in/

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TIL that for the only time in its history, The New Yorker dedicated its entire August 1946 issue to a single article: a 30,000-word investigative report by John Hersey on the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/MartinoStone, Apr 13 2026 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1skh645/til_that_for_the_only_time_in_its_history_the_new/

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TIL that we aren't single organisms, but walking ecosystems. For decades, it was believed that bacteria outnumbered human cells 10-to-1. Modern science has corrected this: the ratio is actually about 1.3-to-1. You are roughly 38 trillion bacteria and

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/[deleted], Feb 11 2026 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1r23h1i/til_that_we_arent_single_organisms_but_walking/

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TIL Sublime’s debut album "40oz. to Freedom" was recorded in secrecy at the studios in California State University. The lead singer, Bradley Nowell, recalled how they would sneak in after closing time, stay there till 5:00 AM, hide from security, and

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/waitingforthesun92, May 07 2023 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/13azwrm/til_sublimes_debut_album_40oz_to_freedom_was/

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TIL that consumption of the Australian aquatic fern called Nardoo can cause you to starve if improperly prepared. The plant contains vast quantities of an enzyme that obliterates thiamine (vitamin B1), making your body unable to unlock energy from fo

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/embouteillagez, Sep 25 2022 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/xnnej5/til_that_consumption_of_the_australian_aquatic/

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TIL that, in 2017, the British band Muse invited ticket-holders for an upcoming gig in London to vote online for 10 songs that they wanted to be added to the set list. Fans immediately flooded the poll with votes for 15-year-old B-sides and tracks th

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/InmostJoy, Apr 20 2021 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/murnvt/til_that_in_2017_the_british_band_muse_invited/

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TIL in the 90s, video game designer Kenji Eno learned he had blind fans, who played his games with great effort. So he designed a blank-screen game just for them: "Real Sound: Kaze no Regret." He made Sega send 1000 consoles (w/ the game) to blind pe

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/howmuchbanana, Jan 12 2021 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/kvu71b/til_in_the_90s_video_game_designer_kenji_eno/

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TIL that in 1997 supercomputer Deep Blue made a completely counter-intuitive move against chess player Garry Kasparov that got into his head and may have caused him to lose the match; It was later revealed that a bug caused the computer to make the m

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/sweetcuppingcakes, Jan 31 2018 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/7uc4qs/til_that_in_1997_supercomputer_deep_blue_made_a/

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TIL Mark Hamill thought Star Wars might have been a parody film when he first read the script.

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/TheJewbacca, Feb 14 2017 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5u1kw5/til_mark_hamill_thought_star_wars_might_have_been/

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TIL Kit Kat is so popular in Japan that it is sold at high-end department stores, Kit Kat only specialty shops, and post offices. Nearly every region has a signature flavor sold only in that part of the country, and there are nearly 300 flavors of Ki

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/FutureRobotWordplay, Jan 30 2017 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5r25kj/til_kit_kat_is_so_popular_in_japan_that_it_is/

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TIL the bird Americans call a "turkey" is called an India in Turkey, and a Peru in Portugese.

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/senorpoop, Dec 02 2016 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5g12hs/til_the_bird_americans_call_a_turkey_is_called_an/

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TIL The loudest known noise was created by a volcano which created sound waves that altered air pressure on earth for 5 days and ruptured the ear drums of sailors 40 miles away from the blast.

From Reddit saved post — r/todayilearned, u/PearlsB4Pigs, Nov 08 2016 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5bt8d9/til_the_loudest_known_noise_was_created_by_a/

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