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TIL that the sudden feeling of falling that occurs occasionally when one dozes off is actually a mild epileptic seizure and has been suggested to be connected with déjà vu.

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yLlw TIL in 2002, Sega’s president, Isao Okawa, donated all of his company stock, worth $695.7 million dollars, to save the company from going bankrupt after they pulled the plug on its flagship game console, Dreamcast. He died of heart failure shortly after.
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