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TIL that some people with aphantasia (a condition where you can’t form mental images) didn’t realize others could actually ‘see’ things in their mind until adulthood. Wild to think we experience imagination so differently!

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m7EM TIL Marilyn Monroe was really good friends with Ella Fitzgerald. Monroe was instrumental in getting Ella past racial barriers to perform and they stayed friend till death.
0wdO1 TIL That 7% of all American adults (which equates to around 16 million people) believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows
7r1Wb TIL that not only is Jar Jar Binks one of the most hated characters in the Star Wars franchise, but he is also one of the most hated characters in the history of film.
OGBD6 TIL since 2013 the Dutch have held the annual Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships. The Championships take place on a raised storm barrier facing the sea, and during storms of wind force 7 or higher. Competitors use upright single-speed bikes for the 8.5km course, all into a head/side wind.
lodb7 TIL researchers have developed an IVF-like process called IVG (in vitro gametogenesis) - The process uses skin cells to create human egg and sperm cells. It could allow sterile parents to conceive and same sex couples could eventually have children who are biologically related to both parents.