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TIL that the stick -- a small tree branch -- was inducted into the (U.S.) National Toy Hall of Fame in 2008. Organizers called it one of the world's oldest toys and said sticks "promote free play -- the freedom to invent and discover."

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oBjyW TIL in 1964 The Beatles were so popular that when "Sie liebt dich", a German language version of "She Loves You" that the Fab Four recorded to increase their German sales, was released in the US, it managed to reach the Billboard Top 100 chart.
5VXBn TIL that individuals experiencing food insecurity are more likely to binge eat when food is available
6EXW8 TIL that an over reliance on GPS technology can lead to an atrophy of the hippocampus because that part of the brain is no longer being used.
MBl8 TIL Dr. Hans Munch, a German physician at Auschwitz, refused to take part in the inmate murders there. He designed his experiments to be elaborate ruses to protect them, since those who were no longer useful were usually killed.
OmvL TIL, Andre Royo (“Bubbles” from The Wire) was handed a heroin package by a man who said, “Man, you need this fix more than I do.” Royo refers to that moment as his “street Oscar”