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The hidden side to your personality

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The keto diet, explained

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I only started having digestive problems in late 2016, but I was on suicide watch earlier that year (so funny, because after developing IBS I just can't imagine what I was so depressed about prior.)

https://www.reddit.com/r/ibs/comments/7xxvf2/whats_everyones_work_situation_and_age/

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Abraham Lincoln's Secret Visits to Slaves

In the mid-1930s, the Federal Writers’ Project interviewed thousands of former slaves, some of whom claimed the president came to their plantations disguised as a beggar or a peddler, telling them they’d soon be free.

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9 Questions Interesting People Ask to Cut Through the Small Talk

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Online dating isn’t easy — especially when you’re asexual

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Liked this post about the pro’s and con’s of IF.

“You’ll notice above that I’ve listed three indications and six contraindications of intermittent fasting. That’s a 1:2 ratio, and there’s a reason for that. I personally am of the strong belief that intermittent fasting is not the best option for most of the general population – either because they don’t understand it fully or, even if they do, something will go awry. My main concern, unsurprisingly, is the mental aspect of this diet and how it can warp your relationship with food (though for some, it may actually help).“

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The Mysterious Case of the Pacific Northwest's Attack Owls

A number of recent bloody encounters with aggressive birds of prey in the Pacific Northwest has frightened residents enough that they've started arming themselves with sticks and flashlights and strapping on hard hats before going out at night

The headlight in the back is a good idea...

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Empathy Quotient

The Empathy Quotient (EQ) is a 60-item questionnaire intended to measure levels of empathy in adults.

I got 68/80!

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I’ve totally been there.

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Is there an inherent conflict between spirituality and intelligence? Are they perpetually at odds with each other? Must we choose to embrace either spirituality or rationality but never both at the same time? Several years ago I would have said yes to these questions. But today I see that this conflict is nothing but an…

“I had to dig much deeper and fix the OS before I could install and programs like, Peace 5.0, Joy 7.1, Abundance 3.2, and Contribution 4.0. When I tried to install such programs before upgrading my OS, they invariably crashed due to compatibility issues.”

“Your religious and spiritual beliefs are part of your operating system. They are in fact the kernel upon which all your other code runs. If your kernel contain bugs or runs suboptimally, your results in life will be permanently suboptimal. None of your software will run correctly. Your thoughts and actions will be a jumble of incongruencies. You will often feel like you’re fighting yourself in your own mind.”

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Who are your spiritual heroes -- those people you would think of as exemplary human beings? And what characteristics do you admire in them? When I ask pe...

“I define spiritual intelligence (SQ) as: The ability to behave with wisdom and compassion, while maintaining inner and outer peace, regardless of the situation. “

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USA: Nobel laureates and getting killed by lawnmowers

Nepal: Not killing themselves

Spain: Cocaine use

Cambodia: Long alphabets

Madagascar: Lemurs

Canada: Maple syrup and asteroid impacts

Greenland: Personal space

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How to make stress your friend

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.

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I could understand most of this (80-90%), surprisingly, despite not studying French for 10+ years.  I guess kid-age language learning never leaves you?!

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Learn what might be going on in your gut if you have constipation that isn't responding to fiber and water. It could be a blood sugar issue!