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TIL making girls play video games improves their spatial intelligence to match boys

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DQmbr TIL Gas stoves pollute homes with benzene, which is linked to cancer
GYDYg TIL that, Kemal Atatürk gave his adopted daughter Sabiha, a surname that translated as 'belonging to the sky'. She soon developed a passion for flying and went on to become the world's first female combat pilot.
KYRaG TIL of the Cottingley Fairies. In 1917, two young English girls took photos of what they claimed were real fairies. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle then published the pics as proof of supernatural phenomena. It wasn't until the 1980s that the girls admitted the fairies were really cardboard cutouts
KYBKJ TIL during production of “Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit”, 250 people, 43 Gromits, 35 Wallaces, 2.8 tonnes of Plasticine and one Austin A35 van, went into the movie, producing 3 seconds of usable footage per day
7rQr7 TIL that in 2013, the state of Nevada was sued for engaging in "Greyhound Therapy," a practice where troublesome mental patients are given one-way tickets to out-of-state destinations in order to free up bed space.