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TIL there is research by the Japan Psychotronics Institute on the possibility of creating matter from consciousness.

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BRvK TIL that the sitcom Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. was set in a marine base 1964 to 1969. The word ‘Vietnam’ was never once mentioned in it’s 5 year run.
DQOPD Today I learned that Stilton cheese cannot legally be made in Stilton, the village which gave the cheese its name
NXXaE TIL that Best Foods mayo and Hellman’s mayo are one and the same. So if their logos and packaging look similar, it’s because when Best Foods bought Hellmans they decided to merge the branding to retain Hellman’s loyal customers. Another example is Dreyer’s and Edy’s ice cream.
yQM0p TIL The word 'zombie' is never spoken in Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Romero himself didn't initially consider the antagonists in the film to be zombies, later saying "when I made the first film ... To me, zombies were still those boys in the Caribbean doing the wetwork for [Bela] Lugosi."
neBLG TIL that out of the 22 deepest mines in the world 17 are located in South Africa