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TIL blue light exposure immediately before the evening meal increases hunger

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R7vl7 TIL that American long-distance open-water swimmer Lynne Cox is known for being the first person to swim the 2.5 miles between the United States and the Soviet Union, via the Bering Strait. She was jointly congratulated by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan.
J1km TIL Albert Einstein and his first wife had a daughter, but no one seems to know what happened to her after she was a year old.
JP94 TIL Jeanne de Clisson, a Frenchwoman whose husband was beheaded for treason, swore revenge and sold her family lands to buy 3 warships. For the next 13 years she went on a pirating binge, targeting King Philip VI’s ships, & personally beheading French noblemen she captured with an axe.
LQLD0 TIL: In 2005, Leonard DiCaprio bought a private island off the coast of Belize with plans to build an eco-resort. In 2024, construction still has not begun.
rRP71 TIL that US Navy Captain Mad Jack Percival holds the unique distinction that his first naval ship, HMS Victory, and his last, USS Constitution, still exist as the oldest commissioned warships and national shrines for their respective nations.