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TIL of Tetris Syndrome, which is when you play a game too long and you start to dream about it, and hallucinate about it on the edges of your vision.

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W87X TIL there’s a philosophical razor called “Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword,” which states that what cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating. It is said to be “much sharper and more dangerous than Occam’s Razor”
mx6Qy TIL of the Chinese submarine Changcheng 361. After disappearing while submerged, she was later found when fishermen spotted a periscope above the surface. An engine failure had suffocated the entire crew; the ghost submarine had spent ten days drifting aimlessly below the waves.
mWnO TIL In 1777, Morocco was the first country in the world to formally acknowledge the United States as an independent nation.
vP6OK TIL that there's a social experiment going on, with a ring that you wear that shows, that you are single and ready to be approached outside of bars and nightclubs as well. The idea is, to get people motivated to try out real life more than dating apps
LkjJr TIL some sixty-six years ago, in the midst of another political firestorm, a senator named Robert C. Hendrickson, a New Jersey Republican, came up with a proposal for another path: a constitutional amendment that would allow Americans, by popular vote, to recall a President.