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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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OoDJ1 TIL Bonobos form all-female coalitions to target violent males as a counterstrategy against harassment.
R7VQa TIL about steam train driver Wally Oaks who heroically gave his life to stop his train after an accident engulfed the engine in flames. He saved all passengers and was posthumously awarded a George Cross for bravery.
VRX0 TIL that there are some females who have one extra type of cone (4 instead of 3) and can therefore see 100x the amount of colors regular people can. [tetrachromacy]
WkAA8 TIL that in 2004, a woman's steel chastity belt triggered a security alarm at the metal detector. The woman explained that her husband had forced her to wear the device to prevent an extramarital affair while she was on vacation in Greece. She continued her flight to London on the pilot's authority.
Br7PK TIL 200 years before Galileo, Bishop Bradwardine of Canterbury and other Oxford scholars developed "The Law of Falling Bodies" and discovered many pre-calculus equations ahead of their time. Bradwardine also developed theories on memory, as well as theology which inspired early protestants.