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TIL playing tetris shortly after a traumatic event may reduce the severity of any related PTSD

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6Wbw TIL actor Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped and held at gunpoint before being released in the middle of South Africa with no explanation from his captors
Jwbj TIL that it is possible to create a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below by grafting a tomato plant stem onto a potato plant stalk (made possible by both being in the same family of plants known as “nightshades”).
W77lN TIL slime molds are problem solvers, scooting around on pseudopods before ballooning to release their spores. They can find the shortest path through a maze, and they inspired a slime-mold algorithm that researchers used to map filaments of dark matter connecting galaxies in the universe.
e0bnb TIL of Jennet Device, who, in 1612 accused her family and neighbours of being witches. Her testimony alone condemned them to the gallows. She was 9 years old at the time. This also changed the way evidence was given at later trials, including Salem.
PYPrG TIL that the Nazi Party was particularly fond of decaffeinated coffee, as it saw caffeine as a poison that "threatened the Aryan Race."