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TIL in newborn babies, 87% of the energy they burn is used to operate their brains.

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XdJQ TIL that “Amor De Cosmos” (“Lover of the Universe”) was the 2nd Premier of BC and a Founding Father of Canada. He was known to get into fist fights, was an early photographer, Mormon, and was declared insane after trying to start a hot food delivery business.
094j TIL that the cast & crew of Seinfeld was so scared of notoriously crazy ‘bad guy’ actor Lawrence Tierney, Larry David would threaten to write a script for Tierney’s character (Elaine’s dad) to return, using it as a negotiation tactic.
oRlyY TIL about the Symbionese Liberation Army, a militant far left organization which had 6 members killed in a shootout with the LAPD in 1974. They also murdered 2, citizens, robbed banks, and kidnapped people all in the name of freedom.
4kpmN TIL of the Bolvano Train Disaster which claimed the lives of more than 500 people in 1944. After the train became stalled in a tunnel, the passengers and crew succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning when the locomotives attempted to continue and filled the tunnel with smoke.
xw7B TIL German Submariners had the highest casualty rate of all forces in WWII - 70% died in service