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TIL that several human genes had to be renamed because Excel would auto-format their original names (like SEPT1) into dates and it was causing issues for data storage

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GY4N4 TIL people who consume a hallucinogenic drug may experience a mental disorder called hallucinogen persisting perception disorder, in which they continue experiencing the visual hallucinations and distortions from the drug long after it has worn off. Researchers don't know why this occurs
e057b TIL when Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California, rival politicians accused him of hiding the words, 'Fuck You', in an acrostic-style message to them when he vetoed a bill. When asked, Schwarzenegger's campaign team said, "My goodness. What a coincidence."
KRNB TIL Winston Groom was paid $350,000 for the screenplay rights to his novel Forrest Gump and was contracted for a 3 percent share of the film’s net profits but never received his share due to hollywood accounting which posits that the movie lost money
4XKL6 TIL Sleep deprivation has opposite effects in healthy people and those with depression. If you’re healthy and you don’t sleep, you’ll feel in a bad mood. But if you’re depressed, it can prompt an immediate improvement in mood, and in cognitive abilities. This is the basis of Wake Therapy
9YNaM TIL that sometime in 1981, President Ronald Reagan ordered an SR-71 to spy on a secret North Korean conference, not because there was anything to learn, but because the repeated sonic booms would interrupt the conference and there wasn’t a weapon on earth which could shoot the craft down.