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TIL Nearly 37% of purchased Steam games are never played.
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TIL A man tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head because of his severe OCD. But, the bullet didn’t kill him and destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD. He then became an honors student at college five years later.
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TIL Marie Curie's belongings will be radioactive for another 1,500 years and all guests are expected to sign a liability waiver and wear protective gear to get access as the items are contaminated with radium 226. Her body is also radioactive and was placed in a coffin lined with lead.
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TIL in 2004, a secret movie theater was found in the Paris Catacombs to include a full bar and restaurant.
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TIL of the Harvard Computers. Edward Pickering decided to hire a team of women after his increasing frustrations with his male assistants. He declared that his maid could do a better job so he hired his maid, and subsequently a team of women whom soon discovered how to measure distances of stars.
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TIL “&” and “and” mean different things in movie credits. Two writers’ names joined with “&” means they collaborated, while “and” means they worked on the script at different times.