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TIL Chris Evans portrayed a DC comic book character between his Human Torch and Captain America roles

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0dWeM TIL I learned about Saudade, The feeling of sadness that comes from being nostalgiac and knowing you’re never going to have that experience again.
x0G7 TIL the Window of the World theme park in China has a cremation simulator. Visitors climb into coffins & are carried on a conveyor belt with heat & light projections simulating the effects of a real funeral-home incinerator. It hopes to enlighten people on death & help them make better life choices.
dDaNQ TIL Olfactory Aversion Conditioning was shown in a study to temporarily reduce overeating in a test group, but the weight-loss results didn't last once the study ended and the aversive stimuli were taken away
R5L17 TIL that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are the creators of Breakout, the iconic arcade game from the 70s. They built it as a single player evolution of Pong.
N7DxQ TIL there is a 1000 years old Japanese poem about the fleetingness of existence, which uses each letter of the Japanese alphabet exactly once. The poem was used as a way to order the alphabet until the Meiji restauration