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TIL that scientists can read dreams using brain scans.

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MeDr8 TIL about Joel Youngblood, the only Major League Baseball player to get hits for two teams on the same day. As a member of the Mets, he played an afternoon game against the Cubs. After the game, he was traded to the Expos, which played that night against the Phillies in Philadelphia.
4vvN TIL the ancient Egyptians used the urine from a pregnant woman to germinate seeds to determine the sex of the child. If barley sprouted first, then it was to be a boy. If wheat sprouted first, then it was to be a girl.
KObKQ TIL in 1976, Margaret Hamilton reprised her role as the Wicked Witch of the West for an episode of Sesame Street. Screenings showed kids were "exceptionally attentive" during scenes with the witch and their fear was difficult to judge. The episode was never re-run and became lost.
R5509 TIL that from a young age Big Boi from Outcast was heavily influenced by Kate Bush's music and her hit "Running up That Hill".
Oo741 TIL fish pee from their gills and the reefs they pee on thrive because of it.