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TIL: Long periods of isolation without sunlight creates 'time-shifting' effects on the mind to the point of sleep-wake cycles being doubled.

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8aR78 TIL a wooden ladder has been leaning in the same place since at least the 1750s, and cannot be moved due to disagreements between six different sects of Christianity
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jRvR TIL that More than 100,000 Americans Permanently Quit Smoking Due to National Media Campaign in 2012.