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TIL that your brain can generate false memories that feel just as real as true ones—and scientists can intentionally implant them.

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R57Oj TIL that during the East German coffee crisis in the 1970s, care packages from the West ended up providing an estimated 25% of all coffee in East Germany. Demand for the fruit bread which was the traditional return gift was so high a minister proposed a ban on gifting it.
8aEEb TIL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL 9000 incorrectly predicts a ‘mate in two’ in a chess game with the astronaut. Fans have speculated whether this was a filmmaking error, a test by HAL of the human’s reliability, or an early sign that HAL is malfunctioning. Kubrick died without revealing the answer.
YWDr TIL Freddie Mercury of Queen intended to record multiple duets with Michael Jackson, but after recording one song he dropped out of any further collaborations because he felt uncomfortable working with Jackson’s pet llama in the studio
LQRNQ TIL that neither Ken Griffey Jr nor his dad, Ken Griffey Sr, are actually named Ken Griffey. Their given name is George. Kenneth is their middle name.
p8D9O TIL the American Public Power Association has a ‘Squirrel Index’ data tracker to track squirrel attacks on electrical power systems. They found that the two peak periods of highest squirrel activity are May-June and October-November.