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TIL we procrastinate because we see our future self as strangers

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epDo5 TIL: Arlington National Cemetery is built on land initially owned by George Washington’s stepson and later owned by Robert E. Lee. The land was seized during the Civil War to serve as a burial site for the large amount of war casualties.
Q6b9 TIL of King Kamehameha the Great who was the founder and the first ruler of the Hawaiian islands. Akira Toriyama immortalized his name by giving to one of the most widely used attacks in DBZ.
PN9n TIL the Blues Brothers movie was delayed and way over its original budget, partly thanks to heavy cocaine use on-set that the cast and actors were using during night shooting.
dDkgQ TIL one of the most common mutations is Polydactyly, where a person is born with one or more extra fingers, affecting 1 out of every 1000 newborns.
XElYP TIL Michael Burry's autism (Aspergers) enabled him to see patterns in the 2007 housing market data that helped him predict the coming crash. As the data worsened, Burry found that heavy metal music calmed his nerves, something research has more recently shown is ideal for his "Brain Type S."