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TIL that our brains do their best to keep us from dwelling on our inevitable demise. A study found that the brain shields us from existential fear by categorising death as an unfortunate event that only befalls other people.

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Ypr1W TIL that John B. Goodenough (apart from the very interesting name) was a Nobel laureate in chemistry who is credited with the identification and development of the lithium-ion battery, and for seminal developments in computer random-access memory.
QAba TIL a German man celebrated his birthday for 46 hours by travelling through different time-zones
8eglZ Today I Learned that a medical condition exists where a pinky toe can self-amputate!
8a4VG TIL: When Lawrence of Arabia was killed in a motorcycle accident in May 1935, his doctor, Hugh Cairns, realized that his life might have been saved had Lawrence been wearing a helmet. Cairns introduced crash helmets for military dispatch riders, thereby reducing fatalities by 50%.
yYee TIL that despite smoking in numerous films, Clint Eastwood has never smoked habitually and has practiced healthy dieting and meditation since his youth.