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TIL running a weak electric current through your brain can improve concentration and performance (in trials it boosted the speed with which wannabe snipers could detect a threat by a factor of 2.3)

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7pL7 TIL North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il claimed he finished a par 72 golf course in just 34 strokes, managing a world record five holes-in-one, making him the best golfer in the history of the world. It was also the first time he has ever golfed.
WkRdd TIL that in 1902, Kaiser Wilhelm II instituted a tax on sparkling wine (Sektsteuer) to build up the German Navy. The tax is still in effect today and is about 1.02 Euro a bottle.
6e9X TIL Cumulus cloud weighs as much as 2.2 billion pounds (1 billion kilograms)
PJpV TIL a Soviet aircraft carrier was sold to a Chinese travel agency to convert it into a hotel and casino. It was all a cover story and the ship is now part of the Chinese navy fleet!
69L0J TIL Catherine O’Hara (Moira from Shitt’s Creek) has reversed internal organs, a condition known as situs inversus