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TIL that Green tea can improve your cognitive function, in particular the working memory

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Zp0Lo TIL that the B-2 bomber includes an upward facing light sensor, which alerts the pilot to increase or reduce altitude to match the underside paint job to the changing illuminance of the sky to also make it visually stealthy.
98V6 TIL Singapore lasted less than 2 years as a state of Malaysia before racial riots forced separation. Singapore is the only country to have gained independence against its will.
OGJg7 TIL the highest point above Earth’s center is not Everest. It’s Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador. This is because the earth is not a perfect sphere, but rather oblong shaped. The earth is fatter in the middle from centrifugal forces during its constant rotation.
Oon56 TIL in 2006, Judge Garland Ellis Burrell Jr. ordered that items from Ted Kaczynski's cabin be sold at a "reasonably advertised Internet auction." Bomb-making materials, such as diagrams for bombs, were excluded. Raising $232,000 for his victims.
NX6nM TIL At big banks, “Vice President” sounds impressive but means little. Thousands hold the title—often with no raise, power, or real change. It usually just means you’ve been there a while. Many get the title with no real job change. Goldman once had 12,000 VPs—about 40% of the company, said its CEO.