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TIL: Human's only using 10 percent of their brain is a myth. Humans actually use nearly every part of their brain.

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6ErD8 TIL that Spider webs were used as bandages in ancient times.
mJ4x TIL that after the xkcd comic “Time” was posted, it spawned a 67000-post, 3300000-views thread whose regulars developed their own Time-based culture, creating their own mannerisms and vocabulary. It got so bad that newcomers to the thread could barely understand the latest posts.
epNLD TIL that there's a lake in Australia, which was named 'Lake Disappointment' by the explorer Frank Hann, because he was expecting to find a large fresh water lake. In November 2020, Kumpupintil Lake was formally approved by the Western Australian Government agency Landgate as the official name.
W7DAo TIL in 1979 an armed group seized Grand Mosque of Mecca, taking hostages. They were conservative islamists led by a self-proclaimed prophet.
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