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TIL taking naps is a more effective and beneficial study method than cramming for tests.

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OD5R TIL that by playing the Tool songs Wings for Marie, 10,000 Days, and Viginti Tres in synch with each other they become a single cohesive piece of music.
wLm61 TIL 'Figging' is the practice of inserting a piece of skinned ginger into the anus or vagina to produce an acute burning sensation. It was historically used as punishment but is now adopted as a BDSM practice.
eYnb TIL nearly 50% of A.I. researchers believe that progress in their field will result in significant job loss on a global scale within the next 20 years.
loNVA TIL there are more burmese pythons in the wild in Florida than in the wild in Burma.
5YaLn TIL that the first computer game was Nim, released in April 1940 on a computer called the Nimatron, which weighed over a ton. The designer was a nuclear physicist and quantum mechanics pioneer who later participated in the Manhattan Project. 100,000 games were played, with the computer winning ~90%