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TIL that Sphynx cats can have blackheads on their tails
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Jedidiah Jenkins quit his job and decided to bike from Oregon to the southern tip of South America. His best friend, filmmaker Kenny Laubbacher, came along for the ride. This short film follows Jenkins as he shares what he's learned from his journey so far. “When you’re a kid, everything is astonishing. Everything is new, and so your brain is awake and turned on ... Once your brain establishes a routine, it stops ... the alertness goes away,” he says. By choosing adventure Jenkins is able to reactivate his brain and turn his “hundred years on this planet into a thousand.
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TIL Wayne Gretzky's stats were so far ahead of his peers' that if you cut his entire career number in half he's still one of the top 20 players of all time.
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TIL that because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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TIL Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, ran the 2003 New York City marathon. He finished the 26.2 mile footrace in 4 hours, 14 minutes, and 52 seconds, and raised $2 million for charity.
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TIL about terminal lucidity, a phenomenon in which patients with degenerated brains from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's suddenly regain lucidity, personality and memory before death. There is no known medical explanation for this phenomenon.