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TIL that Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s were founded by the same guy.

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XL1R TIL in 1945 a group of Soviet school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship. It hung in his office for 7 years before discovering it contained a listening device.
9kP6 TIL that as late as the 19th century as many as 2,000 families a day were evicted from their homes in Scotland. Many froze or starved to death where their homes had been.
b9AX9 TIL helium can’t be artificially produced and is formed in natural gas wells as ancient uranium decays. The half-life of the most prevalent uranium isotope is billions of years old (older than Earth itself), so helium takes inordinate amounts of time to form.
R50Ga TIL that childhood asthma and eczema are associated with anxiety, depression and poor maternal mental health
9YlB6 TIL about Exploding Head Syndrome, a rare condition where you hear a tremendously loud crash, buzz, or similar noise in your head as you are falling asleep. There is no pain associated and there is no harm caused as a result, but it can be quite unsettling.