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TIL that apples are very effective at keeping you awake in the morning or when sleepy.

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rOxx TIL when Jazz legend Nina Simone was preparing for her 1st recital at age 12, her parents were moved from the front row to make room for whites. 12 year old Simone refused to sing until her parents got their seats back. They did.
NPbe TIL Mortal Kombat(1992) was the first game to get a “Mature” Rating by ESRB(Entertainment Software Rating Board). It was the game directly responsible for the creation of the ESRB.
5V9k8 TIL 90% of American girls ow/have owned at least one Barbie.
p8jRp TIL that more than 98 inches of water rained down on Cherrapunji, India in two days (June 15-16, 1995). This is the world record for the most rain to fall in a 48-hour period.
RYo1 TIL that in 1980 the movie crew of “Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark” had to remove over 300 TV antennas from the Tunisian 1980 background of Kairouan to resemble the 1936 Cairo background until a man wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt strolls through the background just minutes later.