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TIL experienced StarCraft II players showed significantly younger-looking brains than non-gamers.

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Z8xVB TIL that airplane food is heavily seasoned but your sense of taste is dulled when you're on an airplane.
PM7Z TIL that due to concerns over the mistreatment of animals, Guiness World Records no longer accepts any submission regarding an animal’s weight.
D1pQV TIL It’s hypothesized that warm-bloodedness evolved in mammals and birds because it provided defense against fungal infections. Very few fungi can survive the body temperatures of warm-blooded animals. By comparison, insects, reptiles, and amphibians are plagued by fungal infections.
VB4KG TIL while talking about how he keeps the lore continuity organized for A Song of Ice and Fire, George RR Martin mentioned he's made mistakes with eye color, and accidentally changed a horse's gender between the first and second book
d61j TIL the famous “rock” opening scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark was lifted from a 1954 Scrooge McDuck comic book.