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TIL that adults who played Pokémon video games extensively as children have a brain region that responds preferentially to images of each Pokémon. Stanford researchers identified the brain region activated by Pokémon characters.

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KYdw6 TIL that the band Manic Street Preachers still put 25% of their royalty earnings into an account for missing guitarist Richey Edwards (disappeared in 1995). Even continuing to do so after he was legally declared "presumed dead" in 2008.
KY644 TIL there were Buffalo Soldiers who were Freemasons
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Z8BgY TIL Star Trek: The Animated Series was the first Star Trek series to win an Emmy.