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TIL: Robert Moses who built bridges across his parkways low in order to "restrict the use of state parks by poor and lower-middle-class families," who did not own cars and would arrive by bus

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GwVj TIL there have been serious scientific attempts to study whether or not our “reality” is, in fact, a computer simulation a la “The Matrix”
j69nQ TIL that The Avengers (2012) reached the $1 billion milestone in 19 days, matching the record set by Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. The film recouped its $220 million production cost only 12 days after its release.
XXRX TIL scientists in Berlin asked adults to play Super Mario 64 over a period of 2 months for 30 minutes a day. The group showed increases of grey matter, demonstrating “the direct causal link between video gaming and a volumetric brain increase.”
1aryr TIL Every person with blue eyes has a single common ancestor who lived 6000 to 10,000 years ago.
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