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TIL of the 2009 Satellite Collision: the first time two satellites collided at hypervelocity

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D1jdD TIL two regions of the brain, reward pathways and the hippocampus, physically shrink when we're clinically depressed and gaming reverses that damage. Gameplay hyperstimulates areas of the brain associated with motivation, goals, learning and memory; making it the neurological opposite of depression.
a8Lk9 TIL about Misokinesia the hatred of fidgeting
R5vl4 TIL that ice makers in home freezers have a heating element to release the ice cubes from the mold
8anaX TIL that climbing the second highest mountain on each continent is considered to be harder than climbing the highest one.
Orl6 TIL that Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star trek, flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Also,Roddenberry was one of the first humans to have his ashes carried into earth orbit.