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TIL that a mirror is used to treat phantom-limb pain (Pain in a limb that was amputated but the brain still thinks is attached)

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O6Aa TIL The Election Commission of India stipulates that no person should have to travel more than 2 kms to cast a vote. So in the state of Gujarat, a temple caretaker who lives in an ancient deserted temple gets his own special voting booth, with just one voter.
5nnn TIL (As an American) that the UK version of the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads were done using Mitchell & Webb
5Ve8p TIL that The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Queen, Janis Joplin, Guns N' Roses, Tupac, The Doors, and the Grateful Dead - some of the biggest names/groups in music history - have a collective ZERO competitive Grammy wins.
ADMQd TIL there is a prequel to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" known as "Halloween is Grinch Night", which won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in 1977.
graky TIL of St Clair’s Defeat of 1791, when British armed Native Americans inflicted one of the worst ever defeats on the US Military.