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TIL Pain tolerance is reduced by sleep deprivation.

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EQap TIL David A Trampier, famed for his early Dungeons and Dragons artwork, essentially disappeared in 1988 and resurfaced in 2002 as a cabbie in Illinois.
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7rvYx TIL The 737 airliner used to have a switch to easily disable a runaway autopilot. The 737 MAX replaced this switch with one that was useless because it wired the pilot's control into the same switch.
a9ey TIL Chuck Lorre (creator of Two & A Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, Dharma & Greg) also composed the theme song to the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series
GALpG TIL about Ely Parker, a Seneca American who became an engineer, joined the Union Army, served on Grant's staff, drafted the terms of Lee's surrender, and was the first Native American to serve as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.