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TIL The Inventor of the frontal lobotomy won a Nobel Prize in medicine

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b9eX9 TIL that about 1 in 50 people have Aphantasia, a condition where a person lacks the ability conjure up mental images and they can’t picture things just by thinking about them.
vRZ4 TIL the shooting star visible in this clip from Jaws was real, and not an optical effect [source: IMDb.com].
pLlp TIL Millenials are responsible for the decline in the bar soap industry. They prefer liquid soap because bar soap is deemed “dirty” and for old people.
6Ewbl TIL that in 2019 there was a sixth Terminator movie (after Terminator: Genysis) which so few people saw that that it was even less successful than Terminator: Genysis. The film grossed only 13% of what was needed to break even and was considered a box office bomb due to lukewarm critical reception.
R7oj6 TIL A scientific study found starting high school one hour later than usual allowed students to sleep more than half an hour more, and was associated with reduced sleepiness and increased academic performance.