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TIL Learning a second language greatly reduces the risk of having Alzheimers later in life

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QJEPL TIL you weigh measurably less when the moon is directly above you
5YYrQ TIL a 2004 study estimated the sustainable limit to the world population to be 7.7 billion people. As of October 2017, the estimated global population is 7.6 billion people.
y8bv TIL that the Red M&M from commercials is voiced by Billy West (Futurama’s Fry).
d8m07 TIL a fire at Universal Studios in 2008 destroyed an entire archive warehouse, including 50,000 films and the original audio masters for up to 500,000 songs.
jNk0N TIL that the words can be drawn in such a way that they remain the same when viewed from different directions/perspectives. Ex: SWIMS (viewed from upside down it remains the same). These are called as ambigrams.