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TIL research shows that playing a musical instrument activates all major parts of the nervous system at once, and that as you age your brain still receives benefits from the activity

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R5al TIL Jimi Hendrix and Joe Pesci once played in the same band.
5VBZk TIL that Kurioshi, Japan, has purpose-built tsunami evacuation towers
KV0Q TIL that before Saladin died in 1193, he had given away all his wealth to his poor subjects. His estate consisted of 1 piece of gold and 40 pieces of silver, not enough to pay for his funeral.
er14 TIL that the color magenta does not have a wavelength. It’s the product of combining red and blue light, which are on the opposite ends of the visible light spectrum, so our brains fill in the gap with what they think the color should be.
Xxmk TIL in 1924, 14 bison were brought to an island off the coast of California for the filming of a movie, though the scenes with the bison did not make it into the final cut. Due to cost overruns, the film company decided to leave the bison on the island and now 150 of them live on the island.