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TIL studies show that experiencing Déjà vu is more likely to occur in individuals with more education, travel experience, and liberal attitudes. It also greatly diminishes as a person ages.

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yQJEw TIL Alan Turing proposed gin (the alcohol) as a medium in which to store data in a computer
vAeK TIL that in the U.S. state of Maine, now famous for it’s lobster, fish and shellfish were once considered poverty food, and people would bury lobster shells in their yards so their neighbors would not learn they were reduced to eating lobster.
7G4x TIL that during the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left a small satchel on the moon containing Yuri Gagarin’s medals, to commemorate his achievement of being the first man in space.
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