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TIL of the “Method of Loci”, a memory technique where a person creates an imaginary structure or town within their head, and uses objects within the buildings as representations of real life items and ideas.

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Q5d9 TIL A Florida man tossed an alligator through a drive-thru window. He was charged with “assault with a deadly weapon.”
J874 TIL the mantis shrimp strikes a blow at the speed of a bullet, which also produces cavitation bubbles (similar to boiling) in the water. The prey is thus struck twice - once by the blow itself, and a second time when the bubbles collapse. The blow is powerful enough to break aquarium glass as well.
aJJN TIL Keynes literally suggested the government bury money and let the unemployed dig it up to eliminate unemployment.
NX79M TIL Precursors to chewing gum date back 5,000 years with the first commercial chewing gum released in 1848. To sweeten these early gums chewers would repeatedly dip the gum in a plate of powdered sugar to reconstitute the sweetness while they chewed.
VBEKk TIL Cats Can Have Right or Left Paw Preference Similar to How Humans are Left-Handed or Right-Handed