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TIL that Gamers’ brains are better at lucid dreaming and beating nightmares

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5RRk TIL that in Iceland it is common to carry alcohol openly outdoors, and to keep their hands warm and beverage cold, locals use a “beer mitten” that was invented by Icelanders.
R59L7 TIL that in 1979, Steve Jobs visited Xerox PARC and was inspired by their uncommercialized GUI and mouse, leading to the creation of the Apple Macintosh; Xerox started to focus on marketing their copy machines, skeptical about the profitability of computers.
ADjnn TIL the record for largest single Walmart transaction in history was performed by Shaquille O’Neal, only after his credit card was declined on the first attempt.
1aPm8 TIL an Albanian superstition about hiccups is that they occur when someone mentions the hiccuping person's name in conversation. To stop the hiccups, one must say the names of anyone they think talked about them. The hiccups will cease once the gossiper's name is spoken.
l6wa TIL Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, American Airlines and two other corporations released a movie called Proud American in 2008. The movie featured a overly-patriotic storyline about the wonders of American life. It was a failure, and became IMDB’s worst movie of the 2000’s.