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TIL glutamate accumulation in the prefrontal cortex during demanding tasks was linked to cognitive fatigue.

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ZpgJR TIL that Lego's net profit margins are 28 percent, which is more than Ferrari.
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X6BQ TIL Jaws, scored by John Williams, was surpassed as the highest-grossing film of all time by A New Hope, scored by John Williams, which was surpassed by ET (scored by John Williams) which was then surpassed by Jurassic park (scored by… well, you know)
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jNRlE TIL that the US Navy used to forbid "obscene" tattoos, which led to a boom in tattoos of nude women among men who didn't want to serve. If they joined the navy later, they had to have a tattoo artist "dress" the woman.