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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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JA5k TIL William Shakespeare added over 1700 words to the English language, such as “torture” and “swagger”.
699eX TIL that Nostalgia was originally classified as a mental disorder
nE4P TIL Bela Lugosi, who portrayed Dracula in many films, was actually born in Transylvania
loKlG TIL during World War 1 the Ottoman Empire rounded up and slaughtered over 1,500,000 Armenians living in their empire. This event was the basis for the creation of the word "Genocide".
N7d76 TIL: A janitor at Kodak in the 1980s rose to be the company’s Chief Technology Officer