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TIL: Mirror boxes can relieve serious pain, for people missing a limb.

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NAAN TIL that in 2004, Lego changed the color of their grey bricks from brey (higher red content) to bley (higher blue content) in order to appear ‘newer’ in comparison to Megabloks
ZgwR TIL that after the “Miracle on the Hudson”, where an Airbus A320 ditched into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of geese, the US Department of Agriculture and Wildlife services gassed 1,235 Canadian Geese and coated 1,739 of their eggs in corn oil to suffocate the offspring.
OG4Z7 TIL The Laki eruption in 1783 caused the death of 20% of Iceland's inhabitants, 50% of its livestock, and disrupted weather in Europe and North America for months afterward