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TIL that in 2015 Boeing patented a plasma force field
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TIL Before he made it as a cartoonist with 'The Far Side', Gary Larson was an animal cruelty investigator with the Seattle Humane Society. While driving to the interview for the job, he accidentally hit a dog
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TIL two regions of the brain, reward pathways and the hippocampus, physically shrink when we're clinically depressed and gaming reverses that damage. Gameplay hyperstimulates areas of the brain associated with motivation, goals, learning and memory; making it the neurological opposite of depression.
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TIL that the last Ottoman Sultan spent the first 56 years of his life as a captive in a room known as “The Cage” before ascending to the throne. The purpose of the practice was to confine rival male heirs.
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TIL that Poland's worst historical enemy isn't Germany, but Sweden, so much so that it's even mentioned in their National Anthem.
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TIL that scientists created a 60 year long experiment in Siberia, selectively breeding wild foxes who showed friendly traits. 40 generations later they were as friendly as dogs!