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Just found out that quicksand is barely in any movies because it's actually super rare in real life
I got curious after watching an old Tarzan clip and looked up the stats on Wikipedia - turns out there are only like 20 documented quicksand deaths ever, so why did I spend my whole childhood terrified of it?
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faith_thomas1d ago
Right, thanks childhood brain for that useless fear.
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claire_fisher415h ago
Actually that "useless fear" might be doing more work than you think. Those childhood fears keep us from running into situations our younger selves couldn't handle, like a safety net that's still there even when we've outgrown it. Maybe instead of thanking brain for nothing, you could thank it for being cautious when you didn't know any better.
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