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TIL that we sometimes forget what we needed when we enter a room because of a phenomenon called ‘event boundary’.

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x6yjD TIL about the Roman Pyramid of Cestius, is 37m tall is one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome.
NDWE TIL after President Woodrow Wilson suffered a severe stroke in Oct. 1919 his wife (Edith Wilson) began to screen all matters of state and decided which to bring to the bedridden president. In doing so, she de facto ran the executive branch of the government for the remainder of Wilson’s second term.
oBDpA TIL George McCoy is Britain's leading Brothel Reviewer with 13 national guidebooks, multiple local guides and even street planners. He often gets free services as he is reviewing and some Brothels even have “Recommended by George McCoy” stickers.
WkmGo TIL in 1992, Bosnian sportsman Aleksandar Đurić was invited to compete in canoeing at the Barcelona Olympics. The Bosnian Olympic Committee couldn't afford to pay for his travel, so he hitch-hiked his way over 1500 km, including a 2 day trek, and borrowed equipment from the Spanish and Italian teams
d8y79 TIL: Long periods of isolation without sunlight creates 'time-shifting' effects on the mind to the point of sleep-wake cycles being doubled.