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TIL that in a 2014 study which included over 2000 people revealed that 40% of those who survived a cardiac arrest were aware during the time that they were clinically dead and before their hearts were restarted. Some were conscious up to 3 minutes after the attack

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W7wXB TIL There were three found unused pitch concept levels for a DLC based on the famous "Steamboat willie" cartoon from 1928 in an early "deploy build" for the 2008 Video game LittleBigPlanet.
R5w06 TIL that the Gilligan’s Island theme song was written by composer John Williams
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