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TIL memories are reconstructed, not replayed. Each time you recall something, your brain slightly alters the memory based on new experiences and perspectives.

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gMxrW TIL in 2017, a Norwegian newspaper called biathlon expert Ola Lunde (a very common name in Norway) to ask his opinion on the national team coach. It made headlines when Lunde rashly said the coach wasn't good enough and had to be fired. The only problem was that this Ola Lunde was an ordinary fan.
xV1Y1 TIL the Australian Lyrebird can impersonate practically anything he hears to catch the attention of a possible mate, even going as far as making a camera shutter noise or a chainsaw taking a tree down.
a8np0 TIL about the "sleeping child" doctrine in North Africa stating some fetus have been made to "sleep", thereby making pregnancy longer than usual and explaining how divorced or separated women still had children from their husbands
8an8 TIL people who listen to country music are more likely to get depression.
woyXM TIL that No Doubt kind of had a cameo on the Simpsons before they were famous. Eric Stefani left after recording Tragic Kingdom to work on The Simpsons, where he drew the band in the background of a shot. The album ended up being a hit so by the time the episode aired they actually were famous.