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TIL there is still one living member of the Our Gang comedies
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kJom5
TIL that the VR game Tetris Effect is named after the Tetris Effect psychological phenomena in which people that play Tetris for extended periods of time "find themselves thinking about ways different shapes in the real world can fit together, such as the boxes on a supermarket shelf or the building
0w4xN
TIL in Eastern European folklore, many vampires suffered from OCD, specifically having strong compulsions to count. Bags of rice or seed were often placed at graves to occupy them at night by couting the grains. This is where the inspiration for Count Von Count from Sesame Street came from.
Ooja6
TIL: In 1841 during a naval battle between Argentina and Uruguay, the ship from Uruguay ran out of cannonballs. The captain ordered his men to shove the hard balls of cheese they had onboard into the cannons and to fire those. The cheese tore holes in the Argentine ship's sails and killed 2 sailors.
MeaX7
TIL the last time the British Empire expanded was 1955, when they annexed a tiny rock 300km off the Scottish coast to prevent the Soviets spying on their ballistic missile tests.
p70Q
TIL Cuddling with your partner significantly improves the healing process of bruises and wounds due to the release of Oxytocin.