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TIL that scientists can read dreams using brain scans.

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b64mZ TIL rowing increases parts of the heart to enlarge so it can pump more blood. The exercise increases blood pressure and strengthens heart walls as well.
ZX7D TIL Viggo Mortensen’s son was in the The Lord of The Rings films and played an orc that was killed by Aragorn
YWax TIL that Nick Frost lost his sister at an early age, his mother died from a stroke, and he lost his home. Years later while he worked as a waiter at a resteraunt, he met Simon Pegg, they became best friends, and then they made Shaun of the Dead, which kickstarted his career
VMXYk TIL during the Great Famine, the Ottoman Sultan "Abdulmejid I" couldn't donate more than £1,000, in order not to embarrass Queen Victoria's £2,000 donation. Wanting to donate more, he sent up to 3 ships filled with wheat and Indian Corn as a "hushed-up" gesture, not wanting to upset the Queen.
P1DE TIL there is a bar in NYC that mimics the stock market every night. The real time “drink ticker” allows the price of drinks to go up and down with the demand of certain beverages. You can play the market and get top shelf beverages very cheap when they hit the “bottom of the market”.