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TIL walking before solving a problem improves your creativity by an average of 60%.

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xA05 TIL In 1996, a woman committed suicide in a cemetary wearing headphones, having listened to a cassette tape of Mel Brooks; an 8 inch Christmas tree, Jeff Foxworthy & Monty Python tapes in her bag, wearing DNR medic bracelet with a suicide note signed -Jane Doe
VBdwp TIL the record for the longest pregnancy is held by Beulah Hunter who gave birth to a healthy baby girl in 1945, over 100 days past her due date.
d8XZ8 TIL 90% Of Family Wealth Is Lost By The 3rd Generation
9YVVp TIL Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate issued an edict of religious toleration. The rationale for the edict was most likely based less on high minded principles and more on the idea that giving legal cover to heretic clerics would lead the Christians to bicker themselves to death
9EA7 TIL the British government has a position called “Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office” that can only be given to a cat