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TIL: In 2004, a study was published showing that retiring to a cruise ship was often as cost effective as retiring to a retirement home and was more effective in providing quality of life

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OlyX TIL that Jim Henson created ‘The Dark Crystal’ with the idea that it was unhealthy for children never to be afraid, and wanted to return to the fantasy genre’s darker roots as in Hans Christian Andersen’s tales.
QNlEE TIL when Titanic went down, It took about 2 hours and 40 minutes which coincided with the broadcast time of the movie "Titanic 1997"
9Ygkr TIL the earliest known list of games is one created by Guatama Buddha explicitly saying they were ones he would not play believing them to be a "cause for negligence." The list includes proto forms of hop scotch, pick-up sticks, and chess.
4YoR TIL that the Coliseum got its name not because of its massive size, but because its proximity to a colossal ‘Statue of Liberty’ sized bronze statue of the Emperor Nero.
Z8Np4 TIL that the isolated people of the North Sentinel island crossed into the Iron Age due to a shipwreck in 1981