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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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OG9k6 TIL that long-term comedy partners Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders - who both came from RAF families - lived at the same RAF camps as children, and even shared a best friend. Despite this, they didn't meet until they were in University.
x66xg TIL that the human body can survive up to 60 days without food provided it gets properly hydrated
Y7VEr TIL that the word dollar originates from the 16th century silver mining town of Joachimstal. The coins were originally minted and called "joachimstaler." Eventually finding its way into English shortened to Dollar
kO5ye TIL that during a 2011 census for the Czech Republic, 11,000 people listed their religion as "Knights of the Jedi"
Wmv9 TIL the sugar industry paid to play down the link between sugar and heart disease while falsely promoting saturated fat as the culprit. Documents discovered by a researcher at UCSF show how decades of misinformation shaped improper nutritional advice and caused the rise of heart disease in America.