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TIL we are fast approaching the technology to digitally reconstruct dreams in HD.

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XReQ TIL: Bob Dylan has been on tour since 1988.
6J1Y TIL J. Paul Getty refused to pay for his grandson’s ransom. When an ear arrived by mail and the kidnappers lowered the sum to $3m instead of $17m, he agreed to pay only $2.2 million - the maximum amount that would be tax deductible. He lent his son the remaining $800.000, at a 4% interest.
0dGBR TIL why do mirrors reverse left and right, but not top and bottom? The mirror does not reflect left to right or top to bottom, but it does reflect backwards. In other words, it is reversed, but inverted into the third dimension, like a glove is turned inside out.