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TIL Martin Scorsese directed the music video/short film for Michael Jackson’s 1987 song “Bad”

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1aNlO TIL that Nellie Bly, the author of the famous exposé Ten Days in a Mad-House, wrote 11 novels that were thought to be lost to time until they were rediscovered and published earlier this year.
7rQjL TIL dreams are thought to strip memories of emotion. According to the theory, this function fails in sufferers of PTSD. Recurring nightmares might therefore be a repeated attempt at performing this function.
WkGxX TIL There is no evidence back the idea of different 'learning styles.' Systematic studies consistently found either no evidence or very weak evidence to suggest matching material in the appropriate format to an individual’s learning style is selectively more effective for educational attainment.
x6pLo TIL that During World War II, the Quaker Oats company , through its subsidiary the Q. O. Ordnance Company, operated the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant as a government-owned, contractor-operated 11,960-acre site that manufactured millions of pieces of various artillery munitions.
R7k91 TIL Many breakfast cereals have more sugar in them than cakes, doughnuts and ice cream.