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TIL That Rita Hayworth began showing signs of Alzheimer's during her 40s. Even as it worsened, people blamed her behaviour on her heavy drinking. She never got a proper diagnosis until 1979 and upon her death in 1987 at just 68, she would become a major public face for Alzheimer's Awareness.

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GAGP5 TIL with approximately 1 in 3 adults in the US not getting enough sleep, insomnia is a common health problem. In addition, a 2023 study found that people who suffer from insomnia were 69% more likely to have a heart attack compared to those who didn't.
xYv1 TIL An Internet troll was jailed after mocking deaths of teenagers. Sean Duffy targeted Facebook tribute pages and posted videos on YouTube taunting the dead victims and their families. The court heard that Duffy has Asperger’s syndrome and lived a “miserable existence” drinking alcohol alone.
oRWYL TIL Computer Shopper magazines used to be over 1000 pages, about 2 inches thick, and weigh over a pound. While at a Comdex trade show, some of the editors and writers took a pile of the magazines to a Las Vegas gun range and were surprised to discover the magazine could not stop a .22 caliber bullet
LQrkP TIL plants convert glucose into starch because starch takes up less space and because glucose is osmotically active (similar to salt), while starch is not
69yZm TIL about the Meat-Shaped Stone - a Chinese sculpture carved from banded jasper during the Qing Dynasty and made to look like Dongpo pork - a popular Chinese dish.