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TIL there's a train station and housing estate in Berlin named Uncle Tom's Cabin

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nke9 TIL There is an “Inception” phenomenon where the individual believes they have awakened and are going about their day as usual (i.e. got dressed, ate breakfast) only to wake up and realize none of it happened in reality. There can be multiple false awakenings in a dream session.
NX0b8 TIL Chinese Tencent QQ holds the Guinness World Record for the highest number of simultaneous online users on an instant messaging program with 210,212,085 users online on July 3, 2014.
QNymL TIL natural killer cells become stronger to fight cancer cells through laughter
BgyRK TIL as a result of Captain Sully landing Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, New York went on to exterminate more than 70000 birds
N74V6 TIL the British made up the idea that carrots improved eyesight during World War 2 as a reason for their war pilots’ good “eyesight” when really they were trying to hide their new radar tech.