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TIL Nicole Sullivan was originally cast as Leela on the show Futurama

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wmOE TIL that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster without loss of accuracy. Video game players develop a heightened sensitivity to what is going on around them, which helps with multitasking, driving, keeping track of friends in a crowd, and navigating around town.
1JXD TIL that scientists predict that by 2022 we will have self repairing bridges. (Also list of 110 predictions for the next 110 years)
E1QxX TIL: Apophenia is the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things. This includes pareidolia (seeing a face within an inanimate object) and the Gambler's fallacy (seeing patterns in random numbers that appear in lotteries, card games, or roulette wheels).
mxR0P Til Bully sticks are prepared from the bull pizzle (aka penis muscle) which is cleaned, stretched, and twisted before being prepared. Preparation can vary from sun dried to oven baked or smoked. ... Authentic bully sticks are made from 100% beef (the only ingredient is the bull penis).
0d4x1 TIL about bird-hipped and lizard-hipped Dinosaurs. And that birds are descended from lizard-hipped Dinosaurs