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TIL An ostrichs eye is bigger than its brain

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R5je4 TIL an Iranian made called Sir Alfred Mehran lived in Charles de Gaulle Airport, Terminal 1, for 18 years!
KO7j9 TIL: The Navy patented an 'inertial mass reduction device', an 'electromagnetic force field generator', a 'high-frequency gravitational wave generator' and a room temperature super conductor in 2019. All created by a mysterious aerospace engineer by the name of Dr. Salvatore Cezar Pais
9YQGr TIL: Playing cards featuring summaries of cold cases and victims' photos have been made available to prison inmates in several U.S. states. So far, approximately 40 cases have been solved as a direct result of being featured on the cards.
b6QRp TIL Intrusive sleep is a phenomenon often seen in people with ADHD, where sudden extreme drowsiness or sleep occurs when they lose interest in a task. This happens because the brain abruptly disengages from the uninteresting activity, causing a rapid drop in alertness.
E11kp TIL 84% of American vegetarians and vegans, abandon their diet, returning back to meat in under a year.