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

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NblE TIL Henrietta Leavitt discovered how to measure astronomical distances to stars and nebula (now known to be other galaxies). Her research allowed her employer, Edwin Hubble to later discover the expanding universe. He often stated she deserved a Nobel Prize for her work.
PYyNL TIL Baileys was invented in 1973 by a South African man, David Gluckman, working for a London marketing agency designing drinks for an Irish company. The name was inspired by a local restaurant, Baileys Bistro.
woA61 TIL that older people in Singapore get more time to cross the road at traffic lights. They can tap their concession card on the button, and the green light stays on for up to 13 seconds longer.
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D19YD TIL in 2016 An Artificial Intelligence program called AlphaGo successfully beat the worlds best ranked players in the ancient game of Go. A feat previously thought impossible due to the element of human intuition required.