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TIL that meditating is potentially one of the most powerful ways to stall the onset of / prevent Alzheimers disease. [Xpost r/meditation, edited slightly.]

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Kbn9 TIL a man who became paralysed after a motorcycle accident gave money raised for an operation that could allow him to be able to walk again to a young boy who suffered from Cerebral Palsy so the boy could take his first steps.
X0E48 TIL 250 people in the US have cryogenically preserved their bodies to be revived later.
ep7Wg TIL the Love Shack made famous by the B-52’s in their 1989 hit song was real, its tin roof was actually rusted, but it unfortunately burned down in 2004.
Y4DG TIL Apple is purposely slowing down your iphones with software upgrades designed to significantly slow down older models and force users to upgrade to new model. It’s a marketing practice called “planned obsolescence”.
5Pb8 TIL Sega was actually an American company that started in Hawaii and moved to Japan to distribute coin-operated jukeboxes, games, and slot machines to military installations.