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TIL that surgeons who play video games for at least 3 hours a week make 37% fewer errors and are 27% more efficient in their procedures.

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kJAQm TIL the Nationals (MLB baseball team) began the 2019 season with a record of 19–31, with their chances of winning the World Series at 1.5%. The Nationals went a perfect 5-0 in elimination games during the playoffs, all of which were come-from-behind victories, the first team in MLB history to do so.
E1eMW TIL that scientist Peter Turchin predicted in a 2012 article that the next apocalypse is in 2020, not 2012.
J7YV TIL: During WWII, the US Navy had two freshwater aircraft carriers on the Great Lakes to train its pilots
5Yakk TIL of Lt. Baldomero Lopez, Korean War Medal of Honor winner.
WkwjB TIL about Salina Turda, a massive Roman salt mine in Transylvania which contains an underground theme park and other tourist attractions including a lake, mini golf course, and bowling alley. The salty air down there is apparently very good for asthma.