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TIL that using your non-dominant hand for mundane tasks, like eating or opening doors, for two weeks can improve your self-control and memory.

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pBrA TIL Tom Hardy had to wear stilts in his boots when portraying Bane in the Dark Knight Rises to make him appear taller and more imposing than Christian Bale’s Batman
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