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TIL Cars have become so quiet, automakers have resorted to playing fake engine noises from the speakers

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oB1jY TIL a study conducted at the University of Montreal showed that young people who played the 1996 game Super Mario 64 for just two months had increased spatial and episodic memory, which improves brain capacity and helping to forestall dementia.
LQB7P TIL Florida is a major producer of Norfolk Island pine seedlings, but it is common practice there to spray-paint the trees and some treat them as "disposable plants".
pYElZ TIL that the inland free-tailed bat can survive the most extreme range of body temperatures of any mammal known, ranging from 3.3 °C (37.9 °F) to 45.8 °C (114.4 °F).
d8bVj TIL: The human eye may have evolved a distinct color contrast to make it easier to follow ones gaze. This evolution helped facilitate communication and cooperation among members of a social group.
VMmR4 TIL: That the quartz sandstone pillars of Zhangjiajie in the Hunan province of China served as the basis for the floating Hallelujah Mountains in Avatar