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TIL asparagus is a scientifically proven hangover cure

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kj7d TIL Isaac Asimov refused the invitation to visit friend and famed A.I. pioneer Marvin Minsky’s lab at MIT in the 1960s because he was “Writing about really intelligent robots of the future and was sure that if he came and saw the clumsy ones that we were making it would spoil his imagination.”
OGoWe TIL that in Haitian rural folklore, there are actually two kinds of zombies: the more widely known corporeal zombie, which is missing its spirit, and the "zombie astral," which is missing its body.
VMbPk TIL Wes Anderson wasn't present during the whole shoot of Fantastic Mr. Fox - instead he had a live camera feed from up to 30 different animation units.
JGgv TIL that Google’s founders were willing to sell to Excite for under $1 million in 1999—but Excite turned them down
woe78 TIL that due to a change in law in May 2023, students in South Carolina will no longer be required to have a doctor's note to possess and use sunscreen at school