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

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pmdN TIL that in late 2007, a street in Central London had to be shut down due to reports of a chemical weapons attack. It was actually a Thai restaurant cooking up hot sauce.
DmlD TIL that the release of the new Hunger Games movie has been delayed indefinitely in China and Thailand due to its themes of rebellion against a totalitarian government.
oRO4L TIL there is a world championships for playing the air guitar. The motto of the competition is "Make Air Not War".
YpEWB TIL about Self-plagiarism, when you reuse portion of your own work without acknowledging that you're doing so or citing the original work.
ogPr TIL that scientists found that whether blind-folded or not, people who were asked to walk in a straight line without a point of reference to follow will walk in a circle. They can’t seem to figure out why.