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TIL lab researchers have been able to manipulate specific memories using beams of laser light, creating, deleting, and altering emotional content: positive memories have been rendered negative and vice-versa.

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YpZyx TIL Simon & Garfunkel's first album was so unsuccessful on the charts that the duo split. Their producer took one of the songs from the album, overdubbed/remixed it without their knowledge or permission, and "The Sounds of Silence" became a hit. The duo made four more albums.
XEklj TIL That in 99’, actor Martin Laurence almost died running in the Big Momma fat suit costume in 100F (38C) heat, went into a coma for 3 days and had a body temp of 107F (41.7C)
WQe4 TIL the story about ‘Unsinkable Sam’ - a German WW2 ship cat who served on three different war ships. All three sank during the war and Sam survived…
mxXWy TIL that oncolytic viruses are a type of virus that preferentially infect and kill cancer cells. A number of such viruses have been tested as potential cancer treatments and one has already been approved in the United States and Europe for the treatment of advanced skin cancer.
j68xM TIL that the Leaning Tower of Pisa is inclined by only 4 degrees (3.97 to be precise)