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TIL that Jesse Owens became lifelong friends with his German long jump opponent during the famous 1936 Berlin Olympics

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N7B41 TIL that there is evidence to suggest meditation plays a protective role against the natural reduction in grey matter volume associated with aging.
8AvX TIL that Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every month, whether she needed it or not
J1Nnm TIL that the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson" is never once said in any of the 60 Sherlock Holmes stories.
9Ylx7 TIL blue raspberry flavor is based on a real fruit called Whitebark Raspberry, which bears blue/black fruit.
AoEw TIL In 1990 Noam Chomsky wrote “If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.”