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Stuff we learned in 2009

Eyad Salah

05/01/2010 • 2 min read

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Domestic pigs can quickly learn how mirrors work and use them to find food.
Grumpy people think more clearly because negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking.
High cholesterol levels in midlife are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia later in life.
Analysis of Greenland ice samples shows Europe froze solid in less than 12 months 12,800 years ago, partly due to a slowdown of the Gulf Stream. Once triggered, the cold persisted for 1,300 years.
One mutated gene is the reason humans have language, and chimpanzees, our closest relative, do not.
Obesity in teenage girls may increase their risk of later developing multiple sclerosis.
A fossil skeleton of an Aardonyx celestae dinosaur discovered in South Africa appears to be the missing link between the earliest dinosaurs that walked on two legs and the large plant-eating sauropods that walked on all four.
Women who have undergone successful breast cancer treatment are more likely to experience a recurrence if they have dense breast tissue.
Babies pick up their parents' accents from the womb, and infants are born crying in their native dialect. Researchers found that French newborns cry in a rising French accent, and German babies cry with a characteristic falling inflection.
Surfing the Internet may help delay dementia because it creates stimulation that exercises portions of the brain.

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Written by Eyad Salah

Founder & Creator of ComputerJy World

Founder of ComputerJy World, sharing tech tips, software tools, and digital insights since 2007. Passionate about modern web architecture and user experience.

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