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

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LQxwV TIL that in 1996, the captain and flight engineer of a colombian cargo flight decided to prank their novice first officer by giving him control of the plane and shutting off two engines. The plane stalled immediately after takeoff and crashed into a neigbourhood, killing 22 people
J1WPk TIL Kenny Vaccaro, a former 15th OVR pick in the 2013 Draft retired at age 30 to “pursue a career in E Sports”. No videos have been uploaded to his channel in 2+ years and in February 2025, he was ordered to pay a former employee over $245,000 in a Fraud case
PWpw TIL of three Duke lacrosse players being falsely accused of rape in 2006. Since then, the lead prosecutor has been disbarred, the accuser is in prison for second-degree murder, and the police supervisor commited suicide.
Yp5jG TIL Honeybee venom rapidly kills aggressive breast cancer cells and when the venom's main component is combined with existing chemotherapy drugs, it is extremely efficient at reducing tumour growth in mice
E1y8o TIL that Elizabeth Blackwell was accepted by mistake by Hobart College (then Geneva Medical College), and she matriculated. Many MD’s refused to work with her, but she persevered and graduated.