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TIL A 25-year old man revived 12 dead lakes in India to fight off water scarcity.

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rEkw TIL that high dream recallers have stronger brain activity in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex (mPFC) and in Temporo-perietal Junction (TPJ); this makes them wake up many times during sleep and enables them to remember dreams more efficiently than low dream recallers.
X0w1X TIL about the Curl-crested Aracari, a toucan native to Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, who appear to have curly “hair.”
NxKE TIL that P.T. Barnum noticed people were lingering too long at his exhibits so he posted signs indicating “This Way to the Egress”. Not knowing that “Egress” was another word for “Exit”, people followed the signs to what they assumed was a fascinating exhibit — and ended up outside.
WkGoB TIL In 1985, Hulk Hogan and Mr. T were guests on Hot Properties hosted by Richard Belzer. Belzer persistently asked Hogan to put him in a wrestling move. Pressured by the Mr. T/audience, Hogan put Belzer in a front chin lock and Belzer passed out, hit his head on the floor, resulting in 9 stitches.
oRloA TIL about a black Alaskan wolf named Romeo who loved to play with dogs, was friendly with humans, got killed by poachers who got a slap on the wrist thanks to Alaska’s lax laws on killing wolves, and is on display at a permanent exhibit at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in Juneau