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TIL a study found that playing World of Warcraft for 14 hours over the course of two weeks may boost cognitive ability among seniors between 60 and 77 years old.

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QJAE9 TIL that the Cuban-American Treaty of Relations (1903) states that the US is allowed to use the land surrounding Guantanamo Bay for coaling or naval stations only. The detention camp is seen as a violation of the treaty.
Wk7X9 TIL despite a 1998 GAO poll for the upcoming $1 coin warning that 65% of the public preferred the Statue of Liberty design and 27% preferred Sacagawea, the U.S. Mint decided to open a competition for the Sacagawea design. The coin was ultimately rejected by the public.
GGbg TIL the “perfect Aryan baby” chosen by Goebbels and widely circulated in mid-1930s Nazi propaganda was later found to be Jewish
AD9ma TIL about the proposed second bill of rights by Roosevelt that would include: medical care, a decent home, a good education, a job etc.
gMrvD TIL: 17 British men were arrested in Greece for wearing nuns' habits. They were released after noone showed up to testify that they had been upset by the tourists' conduct.