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He rubbed lemon juice on his face. Robbed two banks. Smiled at the cameras. Got caught in an hour. And changed psychology forever.
In 1995, McArthur Wheeler walked into two banks in Pittsburgh and robbed them with no mask, no disguise, and lemon juice on his face. He believed that because lemon juice works as invisible ink on paper, it would make his face invisible to cameras. He smiled directly into the security cameras. Police aired the footage on the evening news and arrested him within an hour.
When shown the tape, Wheeler stared at the screen and said, "But I wore the juice." He had tested the theory with a Polaroid selfie and didn't appear in the photo โ because lemon juice got in his eyes and he aimed the camera at the ceiling.
His case inspired Cornell psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger to publish their 1999 paper defining the Dunning-Kruger Effect โ the cognitive bias where people with low ability drastically overestimate their own competence.
The average American gets 3000 to 4000 steps a day.
This pales in comparison to our hunter gatherer ancestors who got 16,000 to 17,000 steps.
This image shows 2 brain scans that represent a students neural activity during a test following sitting and walking for 20 minutes.
The color blue represents lower neural activity, while the color red shows higher brain activity in a given region.
This shows that exercise has a massive impact not only on your physical health but your mental health.
Here are 5 reasons why:
1) It increases serotonin, norepinephrine & dopamine, which manage your thoughts & emotions.
2) It releases endorphins into your body that block out pain and make you feel good.
3) It promotes neuroplasticity, which enhances your brains ability to learn skills and change.
4) It increases oxygen supply to your brain that can help with memory, flexible thinking and self control.
5) It helps you manage stress & increase energy, which will help you become better at every aspect of life.
If exercise came in pill form, it would be plastered across the front page, hailed as the blockbuster drug of the century.
Do you need to hit a gym to get the benefits? It helps but no.
You can find ways to get more movement throughout your day.
It could be taking the stairs instead of using the elevator.
Or parking a bit farther from your spot. You could even do walking meetings.
You can do micro workouts like doing 10 pushups each time you use a door or squats before you sit.
There are many ways to get more exercise throughout your day that the only thing you have to get over is yourself.
Do not sleep on what a few more steps or a bout of intense exercise will do to your brain and body.
It is the #1 metahabit in the world for a reason. Use it to your advantage.
Ps. Credit to @SahilBloom for being the first one to bring this brain scan to my attention.
"...the difference between the south and the north is as stark as that between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa"
"If you remove all variables of taxation away from the states and put them under the GST...You've effectively turned states into municipalities."
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Most Grand Slam menโs singles final appearances:
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31 - Roger Federer
30 - Rafael Nadal
19 - Ivan Lendl
18 - Pete Sampras
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In 1955, President Dwight D Eisenhower suffered a massive heart attack while playing golf.
What happened next brought on the BIGGEST obesity epidemic the world has ever seen.
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When the US do the same in the Middle East , nobody cares but a country bordering Europe . Western countries feel threatened and rushed to help with weapons but not did the same in Syria , Iraq, Libya and Palestine. This Sun shines always. #IStandWithPutin