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TIL that there is an annual wife-carrying competition in Finland where the winner will be given the prize of beer equivalent to the wife's weight

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4XBwb TIL that after a botched execution, Willie Francis sued for his freedom arguing that he had been executed, even if he didn’t die. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court which ruled against him. He would later die in the electric chair.
b9NJ7 TIL Tetris leads to fewer intrusive memories when applied several days after a traumatic event
0wLkj TIL that today's ground level in Edinburgh is multiple stories above of the original medieval city, some of which is still accessible through deep cellars
n1NY TIL Stranger Things was allegedly based on Project Montauk, a supposed secret government program involving the kidnapping of children for use in mind control experiments.
KObDG TIL The previously unknown glymphatic system was first described in 2012. Previously, scientists did not fully understand how the brain, which maintains its own closed ecosystem, removed waste. During sleep, a system of plumbing pumps cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) through the brain to wash away waste