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

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wL5lP TIL Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes before he went on his campaign that would make him 'Great'. Alexander wanted to fulfill a wish for Diogenes and asked him what he desired. Diogenes replied "Stand out of my light."
rReNe TIL the iconic iPod headphone wires appeared white but is called "moon gray" because Steve Jobs was instinctively against white products.
5KEp TIL that the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada, 45C, is higher than any temperature ever recorded in either Brazil or Thailand.
bapQ TIL a 2004 study of 43 fruits and vegetables found that their nutritional value has decreased significantly over the past 50 years.
4XgAN TIL Antony Hopkins composed a waltz in 1964 that was only released years later. The famous actor was afraid that nobody would like it and therefore never got to hear it being played up until 2011 thanks to André Rieu - a Dutch violinist who got sent the music sheets by Hopkins' wife.