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TIL due to the "fajita effect," when the first order of fajitas comes in, cooks at Chilis begin prepping for the several orders that always come soon after. Hearing and smelling the first dish causes a cascade of orders among patrons.

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D1NrP TIL that two MIT Scientists successfully planted a false memory into a mouse (Mouseception). When set in a certain box, the mouse freezes in terror, recalling that it receives a shock in this box, when this never happened. This research may lead to new treatments for Depression or Alzheimer's, etc.
X6gj TIL Allie Brosh’s (of Hyperbole and a Half) comic on depression is considered “one of the best contemporary portraits of the condition” by psychologists.
N7r6J TIL that in Japan, Valentine's Day is a day when girls buy chocolates and other gifts for boys they like. A month later, on March 14th, is called White Day. On that day, the boys will buy gifts to give back to the girls who bought them gifts on Valentine's Day.
b9xPa TIL the United Way released 1.5 mil. balloons over Cleveland in '86. They blanketed the town leading to car crashes, an airport shutdown, stampeding horses, and the suspension of a Coast Guard search for 2 missing boaters who eventually washed ashore dead.
W7OJX TIL Heat causes errors in the qubits that are the building blocks of a quantum computer, so quantum systems are typically kept inside refrigerators that keep the temperature just above absolute zero (-459 degrees Fahrenheit).