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TIL that at restaurants in Utah, you have to order food with your alcohol

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Oo59R TIL: Einstein’s last words were spoken in German to a nurse who didn’t speak German and are lost for ever. During Einstein's autopsy, the pathologist stole his brain. He kept it for forty years in a tupperware container, before being convinced to return it to Einstein's relatives.
OoRKX TIL that Bill Murray once drove a taxi cab so that the cab driver could spend time playing saxophone in the backseat. The cab driver mentioned that he never had time to play his sax since he had to work 14 hours a day. Murray took the driver’s seat so that he could finally play some tunes.
y1Pa TIL while developing the 1994 hit game “Donkey Kong Country,” programmers found that real-life gorillas moved too slow for a fast-paced game. Instead, Donkey Kong’s movements were based off a horse’s gallop.
nOGb TIL: Pro wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow suffered burns to 40% of his body saving three children from a burning house. Ironically, he also has flames tattooed on his head.
OoEd6 TIL that the opposite of the placebo effect is the ‘Nocebo effect’, where negative expectations reduce effects of treatment on the patient. An example is that warning patients about the side effects of drugs makes it more likely that those side effects will occur!