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TIL that playing Tetris for 20 minutes soon after a traumatic event can help alleviate PTSD.

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G9WE TIL that mango plants are pretty much poison ivy with bits of deliciousness attached.
mxZQy TIL Ravoux's slavemaker ant is a species where the queen can fake her own death to encourage ants from a rival colony to drag her body back to the nest. When there, she kills the nest's queen and bathes in her pheromones, becoming the new queen. Her soldiers overrun the colony and take control.
EKdV TIL From 2010 on, Inception and Gravity are the highest-grossing live-action movies that weren’t based on existing intellectual property
woGEW TIL that lots of paintings on wood were transferred to canvas from the 18th century onwards to ‘prevent’ deterioration. Some transfers were more successful than others.
VMdJB TIL Ted Nugent's brother has served as CEO of both Neutrogena and Revlon.