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

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mxXaP TIL that a 74 year old Japanese man dressed as a ninja and burgled 254 homes and stole $260,000 worth of goods before finally being caught by local police.
XEakE TIL Although GPS is free for the world to use, it costs $2 million per day to operate. The money comes from American tax revenue.
1ae77 TIL about Beevive, a keychain that contains sugar water that can help revive exhausted Bees!
WkyjA TIL that researchers in the Netherlands have found that, on New Year’s Eve, birds fly much higher than normal to avoid the fireworks.
Denr TIL The original script of Braveheart had the Irish fighting the Scottish, which was historically accurate. The script had to be changed because the Irish and Scottish extras refused to fight each other.