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TIL that Viagra increases ability to learn and remember, and lowers risk of stroke...

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pYAjN TIL: Leonard Nimoy, known for playing Spock in Star Trek, refused to participate in the animated series until Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were included. He believed their presence was essential to the show's commitment to diversity.
GYnN4 TIL that Rudolf Hess spent over 20 years as the sole inmate of the 600-cell Spandau Prison
nNnd TIL Steve Buscemi was a New York City fire fighter from 1980 to 1984. After the events of 9/11, he showed up in NYC to volunteer, working twelve-hour shifts for a week, and digging through rubble with his old comrades looking for missing firefighters.
l75nN TIL: As recently as the 1950’s around 50% of Americans age 65 and older lived in multigenerational households.
jNaBQ TIL that the world's most well-preserved mummy was found at the altitude of 6,600 in Argentina. She was a 15-year-old Incan girl who had been sacrificed to gods around 500 years ago.