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TIL People who play video games are more likely to be lucid dreamers (have control over their actions in dreams) than those who don’t

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166JV TIL that the prehistoric giant sloth had hidden "armor" of tiny pebble-like bones imbeded in its skin.
R7xba TIL billboards are banned in Vermont and Maine
JYjG1 TIL A woman was convicted of murder of her son. Authorities suspected antifreeze poisoning. After she went to prison, Stallings gave birth to another child; he was diagnosed with methylmalonic acidemia, a medical condition that can mimic antifreeze poisoning. Stallings was then released from prison.
Ooa54 TIL that the concept of a "white elephant" came from the King of Siam, where he gifted an albino elephant to people who displeased him; knowing that they couldn't get rid of it and that the upkeep cost would ruin them financially
xEm7 TIL 70% of Americans hate their jobs.