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TIL that your brain can actually trick you into thinking you’re hungry when you’re just dehydrated.

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lobPB TIL That Point Break, the movie starring Keanu Reeves about surfers who rob banks in LA to finance their endless summer, was almost called Riders on the Storm (The Doors, song)
P1KXw TIL Synchronized swimming was a sport where ONLY women competed. However, from 2024, MEN will be now compete in the team event at the Olympics. The IOC renamed the sport "artistic swimming" — a decision that has faced controversy. Male swimmers around the planet are training intently.
wBN6 TIL there is a 5000 year old refrigeration technique using only principles of evaporation and humidity that can be produced with basic pottery, sand, a rag, and water.
Jojm TIL of the 1902 Mt Pelée eruption which killed 30,000 island occupants leaving 3 survivors: one girl rowed to safety in a cave she played in, one man survived it and two future eruptions, and one survived by blocking the 1,000 degree ash from his prison cell with urine drenched clothing.
KOEe6 TIL esteemed writer and presenter, David Attenborough, is brothers with actor Richard Attenborough, known primarily for his portrayal of John Hammond in Jurassic Park