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TIL it is common for people to have a recurring nightmare in which it is the day of a final exam and you realize that you forgot you were taking the course and therefore had not attended any of the classes, or variations on this theme.

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JbKB TIL that the band Winger suffered a severe drop in record sales and concert attendance because of Stuart in Beavis and Butthead
mx4jo TIL Honeybees, despite having the brain size of a sesame seed, can count up to four and can understand the concept of zero.
Lx09 TIL AI researchers created an AI that beat the record high score for several Atari video games. The kicker? The AI learned play the games all by itself.
Oo1e6 TIL that the British band The Zombies split before their song "Time of the Season" became a hit in the U.S. in 1969, so a promoter put together two bands and sent them on tour as The Zombies. One of the fake Zombies included Frank Beard and Dusty Hill, who later became two-thirds of ZZ Top.
6LX8 TIL material from pig intestines prompts the human body to replace damaged tissues with little or no scarring, recreating the healing efficiency of young children.