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TIL people are using Google Maps to make other people aware of dangerous landmine fields in Kosovo

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6EEEZ TIL Ketogenic Diets Have “Profound Effect on Brain Function”: ’… two new studies published in Cell Metabolism show how cutting back carbohydrates and intermittent fasting not only helps with weight, but may stretch out your life while improving your memory along the way - in mice, at least.
D10ZY TIL of Bass Reeves, the first black deputy U.S. Marshall in the West. A former slave, he is credited with capturing over 3,000 felons and killing 14 in self defense.
MeOL7 TIL Bill Gates owns a small investment firm which has the sole purpose of selling off shares of his Microsoft stocks on a daily basis and investing the profits in a tiny portfolio of high performance non-tech companies.
m1l4o TIL the Disney/Pixar film Cars have been accused of plagiarizing the plot of Doc Hollywood which stars Michael J. Fox as a hotshot young doctor who eventually acquires an appreciation for small town values and falls in love with a local law student as result of being sentenced to work at the town.
YpOQZ TIL that, at the time of his death aged 97 years and 4 days, Harland Fairweather was the oldest person ever with a living parent. His mother Violent Brown died almost five months later at age 117.