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TIL doctors who spent at least three hours a week playing video games made about 37 % fewer mistakes in surgery and performed the task 27% faster than non-gaming surgeons.

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kORAd TIL notorious gangster Al Capone had the mental age of a 12 year old at the time of his death and the years prior to his death, despite being 48 years old. This was caused by mental illness due to untreated neurosyphilis.
00Zy TIL that Screamin’ Jay Hawkins had so many illegitimate offspring that a website has been set up to identify them all
dDeM8 TIL: In some US states, public urination is enough to get you onto the sex offender registry. Furthermore, 25% of of registrants are juveniles/minors, and children as young as 9 have been placed on the list.
OowZ4 TIL that more than two dozen large ships sink or go missing every year.
bmM7 TIL that there is evidence of early humans being killed and eaten by eagles