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TIL Mikhail Gorbachev, final leader of the Soviet Union before it dissolved in 1991, is still alive. He's 87 and just wrote an editorial for the New York Times.

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lxMN TIL when you have those “how’d I get here” moments when driving, it’s the basal ganglia that has taken control. A very primal part of the brain that controls voluntary but barely conscious actions.
kOp65 TIL In 2002, Steven Spielberg recieved a bachelors degree for completing a course on film and electronic arts at university. To pass the advanced filmmaking class exam, he submitted his own 1993 epic, 'Schindler's List'.
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