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TIL the memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s has been successfully reversed. In a small study using a 36-point, customized therapeutic program, 9 of 10 patients showed sustained improvement

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d8LD7 TIL That Avatar: The Last Airbender won a Peabody Award for “multi-dimensional characters, unusually complicated personal relationships for a cartoon serial, and a healthy respect for the consequences of warfare”
wB1P TIL that in order to play different people stuntmen in John Wick started shooting with beards and long hair and slowly trimmed them during the production
nePeY TIL Whales migrate the farthest of any mammal on Earth, and may do so to hunt in the cold waters during summer and shed layers of skin and accumulated microorganisms in the tropical water during winter.
e05K4 TIL The extreme effect of the solar eclipse eye “sunburn” is a condition called solar retinopathy, which is sun blindness caused by overstimulation of the retina. The retina has no pain receptors, so people who burn their retinas won’t feel it until their vision becomes defective several days later
R7Ymw TIL that Elvis and The Beatles played together only once. No video, no recordings, no pictures, and no press.