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TIL that video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills.

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0ME1 TIL the Million Program is an ambitious public housing initiative implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974. Aiming to give everyone a home at a reasonable price, it was the most ambitious building program in the world – adding one million new homes in a nation with a population of eight million.
JYD8V TIL of Brian Wells, the pizza delivery driver who alleged to have been taken hostage with a bomb around his neck and instructed to rob a bank
xV4M5 TIL: May 26 is National Sorry day in Australia, to commemorate the mistreatment of the country’s indigenous people.
wLe67 TIL Pistachios are expensive because the trees take up to 20 years to reach peak production, and are "biennial-bearing", meaning a light harvest every other year. The nuts used to be dyed red to hide stains caused by hand picking, most pistachios are now machine picked and dyeing is unnecessary.
yQyBw TIL there is a vine that will climb plants and mimic the shape and look of the leaves of their host plant. It can do this without even having to make contact with the plant