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TIL that stress and fatigue are the main causes for experiencing a deja vu

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5xWD TIL: The Roundabout is a more efficient way to move cars through an intersection
JY7YB TIL that in 2013 recording artist, Beck, had his album Song Reader named 50th best album of the year by Rolling Stone without ever having released a CD. The album was only available as sheet music until 2 years later when it was released as a fan performed compilation.
Wk9bA TIL that there are 400 known albino redwoods, which survive by getting sugar through roots of nearby trees.
LkAkP TIL that Heather Donahue, the lead in The Blair Witch Project, brought a large knife with her to the set on the first day of filming because she was concerned it was a snuff film, and her friends & family didn't want her to do the movie.
RkG1 TIL that just before Thomas Harrison was hanged and disemboweled he was asked for forgiveness by his executioner. He is quoted as saying “"I do forgive thee with all my heart. The Lord grant that this sin may be not laid to thy charge.” He then gave all of the money he had to his executioner.