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TIL that Sleep loss causes social withdrawal and loneliness

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yR6w TIL Dolores Hart made ten films in five years, debuting with Elvis Presley in Loving You. In 1963, as an established leading lady, she stunned Hollywood by announcing that she was leaving her acting career to become a nun. She is currently the only nun to be an Oscar-voting member of the Academy.
rNwgw TIL “golden hour” also exists in the morning, not only in the evening
JM0Q TIL Bill Gates was granted Knighthood following his commitment of $200 million to Cambridge to help fund AIDS vaccine research
XEpJD TIL the Leningrad siege in WW2 has been classified as an genocide by some historians. American estimates the death toll was higher than combined american and British losses in the war, "The Siege of Leningrad killed more civilians than bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined."
04lM TIL the word “lady” is derived from a word that means “maker of the bread”; the word “lord” means “keeper of the bread.”