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TIL every time you recall a memory, your brain distorts it a bit.

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PYxeE TIL Blackcurrant cultivation was banned in the U.S. from the early 1900s until 2003. Less than 1% of Americans have tasted one.
BrWJx Til that on a hill overlooking the ocean in Otsuchi Town in northeastern Japan is a phone booth known as the "Telephone of the Wind". It is connected to nowhere, but people come to "call" family members lost during the tsunami of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
9Y6pX TIL Pope Francis issued a papal decree stating that all dogs go to heaven, settling a debate within the Catholic Church dating back to the 18th century.
nedD9 TIL: A certain species of snake is able to 'fly' by gliding through the air from the tops of trees.
9YZ97 TIL that Japan is giving its elderly population discounts on ramen if they give up their drivers licenses