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TIL that spending just a few months in Antartica can shrink your brain due to environmental monotony and prolonged isolation

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XEyp8 TIL that NBA player Vince Carter has played at least one NBA game with 37% of the players who ever played in the NBA
Wkood TIL that rent parties played a major role in the development of jazz and blues music. Tenants would hire a musician or band to play and pass the hat to raise money to pay their rent and the musicians.
nep47 TIL Vancouver Island in BC is 12,000 square miles in size. For comparison the entire state of Connecticut is 5,543 sq miles.
xVaYD TIL actor Michael Keaton got his start in show business as a production assistant on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He helped with the puppets and ran the trolley.
L9n0 TIL in 1990, First Lady Barbara Bush criticized The Simpsons as “the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.“ Marge wrote a letter to her, in character, politely telling her not to be so judgmental and explaining that her family tried their best. Mrs Bush later apologized for her “loose tongue”