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TIL Hockey players score higher in spatial skills than than any other athlete.

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xVRmw TIL The Old Curiosity Shop in London made famous by Charles Dickens actually exists, and has been a shop for almost five centuries
E0kd TIL There is only one notable death of Insulinoma Cancer, Steve Jobs, who chose a holistic approach to his pancreatic cancer while delaying surgical intervention for almost a year, it cost him his life.
epAQ5 TIL about Cranberry/Gold Ruby glass, which is made by mixing miscible gold (sometimes tin as well) into molten glass. Furthermore, there's 1976 film "Heart of Glass" about it by Werner Herzog in which he hypnotized actors before most scenes in his endeavor to, quote, speak through them.
9aRG TIL when Matthew McConaughey was arrested for possession of marijuana in 1999, police found him playing the bongos and dancing, naked, while another man joined in and clapped along.
VMveZ TIL the Senate of Zimbabwe reserves 2 seats for people with disabilities and 18 for traditional chiefs. Currently 21 out of 80 senators are women.