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TIL muhammad ali had an IQ of 78 , he later wrote in his autobiography "i said i was the greatest , not the smartest"

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0wJGL TIL that up to 50% of young twins develop a secret language that can not be understood by others.The phenomenon is called cryptophasia and is thought to be created to communicate when one of the twins develop language slower than the other.
9Y15p TIL from 1946-1993, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (medical waste-spent nuclear fuel/reactors) was DUMPED INTO THE OCEANS by 13 nations. Records are often incomplete/incorrect, and ~982,394 cubic metres of radioactive waste was dumped in all major oceans, seas around Europe and Japan, and the English Channel.
QNXbX TIL that the average cumulus cloud (typically seen in fair weather) contains 1.1 million pounds of water droplets, that's the equivalent weight of five adult blue whales (the largest animal on the planet)
yV5Oa TIL that Gore-Tex is used in surgeries ranging from vascular grafts to synthetic knee ligaments. Also known as Teflon, this material is arranged in a mesh, which allows human tissues to grow through it. The rate of rejection is extremely small due to the material being inert in the body.
j6Vxj TIL about "breakage" - money left on gift cards indefinitely, which the issuers eventually claim as revenue. In 2021, Starbucks reaped $181million from unused giftcards.