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TIL Eggs Benedict Was Invented As A Hangover Cure

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Zp7Ba TIL that in 2004, actor Carmine Caridi, star of “The Godfather”, was expelled from the Academy for making VCR copies of promotional screeners and sharing them with friends and family.
4Xp6N TIL that weird dream like state before you actually fall asleep is called hypnagogia or hypnagogic hallucinations.
6opl TIL that Mr. T single-handedly chopped down 70 trees in under 4 hours while in the military
oR4er TIL the term sensory-specific satiety, which is where your body can get “full” of one specific type of food but then get a renewed appetite for another type. The concept explains why you can finish a big meal and not be hungry anymore, but then happily eat dessert.
KOdV9 TIL Bananas produce antimatter. They release one positron—the antimatter equivalent of an electron—about every 75 minutes.