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TIL 22 of the 50 oldest living people were born in Japan.
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TIL that in Star Wars, the Jedi aren’t necessarily the good guys, and the Sith aren’t necessarily the villains. They simply have competing ideas about how to use the force.
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TIL that higher levels of omega-3 in diet are associated with better sleep
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TIL of a grain called Amaranth. It was the primary diet of the Aztects until outlawed by the Spanish. It is gluten free, can be roasted like popcorn, high in protein, has edible leaves and roots, and is used as a dye.
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TIL that while in space astronauts sometimes see random flashes of light caused by cosmic rays hitting the optic nerve. We don’t see it on earth because the magnetosphere protects us from the rays.
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TIL Simon Wells, the great-grandson of science-fiction author H. G. Wells, co-directed An American Tail: Fievel Goes West