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TIL NASA conducted a nap study on their pilots. They found that naps provided 34% increase in pilot performance and 100% increase in physiological alertness.

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jBvQ TIL The last moments of Jonestown’s mass suicide were recorded by Jones. The FBI released the tape publicly.
W76G9 TIL of of Arnauld Gellis, a medieval french villager who was called into questioning by the inquisition in 1320 because he claimed to be able to see and talk to ghosts and occasionaly help them pass on "to the other side". He described numerous ghost encounters, in vivid detail
QNaGL TIL That The J.R.R. Tolkien served as a second lieutenant in World War I, fighting in the Battle of the Somme. His experiences in the trenches, including illness and the horrors of war, deeply influenced his later writings, such as the desolation of Mordor and themes of friendship and resilience.
Bra1e TIL of Qian Xuesen, a Chinese aerospace engineer who was a founding member of JPL. When he was stripped of his security clearances during the Red Scare despite protests by his colleagues, he moved back to China where he became well known as the "Father of Chinese Rocketry"
VBQjQ TIL that most of the seats in Coors Field Baseball stadium at Denver, Colorado are dark green in color, the seats in the 20th row of the upper deck are purple to mark the elevation of one mile above sea level.