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TIL Nissan's GT Academy winners were banned from the 2013 British GT Championship because they were too fast thanks to playing the Gran Turismo video game

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vx78 TIL the genetic imprint from traumatic experiences carries through at least two generations in mice
l71Er TIL Trinity College Dublin's oldest PhD graduated at 84 with her thesis "Harry Potter and the Unconscious Dimension" She wondered, why are the Harry Potter books, which are written for children, so popular with adults?
W7Ebd TIL that woolly mammoths were still alive on Wrangel island (off Russian mainland in the Arctic circle) until about 4 thousand years ago - when the pyramids were built!
GAAVN TIL cup holders weren't built in cars until 1983
oggr TIL the lead singer of Toto, Joseph Williams, was the writer of the original English lyrics for the song performed by Jabba the Hutt’s palace band in the original 1983 release of “Return of the Jedi,” which was scored and conducted by his father John Williams.