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TIL that the solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist.

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9ZgM TIL that during Jim Henson’s memorial service, at his request, no one wore black and each guest waved butterfly puppets. At the end, 6 of the Muppet performers joined on the stage and sang, in their characters voices, a medley of Jim’s favorite songs. They finished with the song, “Just One Person”.
VaPZ TIL JRR Tolkien was responsible for many W word definitions we have today in the Oxford English Dictionary
9P4r TIL that an executive defeated Bill Gates 35 out of 37 in a video game, when they met again a month later Gates “won or tied every game. He had studied the game until he solved it.”
d8eRB TIL trauma which happens to adolescents causes significant, lasting changes to the brain resulting in life-long PTSD, increased cortisol, increased amygdala function, and decreased medial prefrontal/anterior cingulate function which lasts into late adulthood.
78Ddb TIL that in Germany it is a New Year’s Eve tradition to watch this English language comedy sketch called “Dinner for One”.