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TIL that the popular sleeping aid known as Ambien - zolpidem tartrate - was astonishingly discovered to bring back some minimally conscious patients back from a vegetative state.

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XEN9R TIL in 1986 at the age of 20 years old, Mike Tyson surpassed Floyd Patterson's record to become the youngest heavyweight champion in history.
nWX1G TIL FBI records released by 9/11 Commission name ticket holders who missed or changed their flight for the hijacked planes. Danny Wahlberg and Donato Tramuto who claimed they had tickets aren’t named
wLAlW TIL that in 1943, the life of a 2 ½ year old Jewish boy named Josef Schleifstein was saved after his father hid him in a large sack when they arrived at Buchenwald concentration camp. He was eventually found, but the guards took a liking to him and saw him as a "camp mascot". He survived the war.
DKQJ TIL Forrest Gump is being preserved as a culturally significant part of human history.
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