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TIL: Let It Be by the Beatles was actually about Paul's mother, and not the Virgin Mary

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6Qd7 TIL that a simple test involving asking a patient to draw the face of a clock is used as a screening tool for Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia.
x6blB TIL that some members of the Sama-Banjau ethnic group intentionally rupture their ear drums at a young age in order to improve their ability to dive & hunt at sea. This allows them to dive for extended periods of time between varying depths without worrying about pain from water pressure changes
84dK TIL 2 Florida men failed to steal a Corvette, because they couldn’t drive stick. At gunpoint, the owner told them 4 times to push the clutch, but they gave up and ran away on foot with only the man’s phone, keys, and wallet.
lyVN TIL in the 1990s, a story aired by the Trinity Broadcasting Network claimed the Russians had drilled to a depth of 14 km, penetrating Hell, and the screams of the tormented were recorded with a microphone. It was among the first Internet urban legends.
ndYY TIL Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a model of his “death beam”, warning hotel staff to never open it. After his death in 1943 the box was pried open and found to contain nothing but harmless old electrical components.