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TIL that Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast was voiced by Detective Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order

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rNXoo TIL about Orchidelirium: when people in the 1800s went absolutely bananas over orchids, sparking crazy plant heists and ruined fortunes
4XkyX TIL that researchers identified two different types of mind-wandering: intentional mind-wandering, which tends to occur when people engage in easy tasks, and unintentional mind-wandering, which tends to occur when people engage in difficult tasks.
PY4bJ TIL the name Oyakodon (親子丼), a Japanese dish consists of chicken, egg, sliced scallion, is literally "parent-and-child donburi" when translated to English
YoAr TIL that “multitasking” as we know it is a myth. Rather, people who are good at “multitasking” are actually good at micro-prioritizing many different tasks.
KOre9 TIL : Tazer Ball is a combination of soccer and rugby in which players could shock each other with stun guns. The game puts two teams of four players on a field. Players have to get a large ball into a net while avoiding their opponents, all of whom are armed with tazers.