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TIL that the Human Brain’s ability to store memories is equivalent to about 2.5 petabytes of binary data

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v1eaR TIL Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz are second cousins. Their grandfathers were brothers in the Bahamas.
QNDa6 TIL that there was an English painter who was also a chimpanzee named Congo, who produced 400 pieces of art by the time he turned four. His style was called "lyrical abstract impressionism" and Pablo Picasso was reportedly a fan of his work.
6nxJ TIL Bears eat things that don’t digest to plug their rectum during hibernation. The result is a very painful BM in the springtime.
dpXQ TIL that the United States is ranked 69th on the World Happiness Index and that the majority of countries at the top of the list are Social Democracies.
BryOe TIL George Washington died from cynanche trachealis, aka the croup, mainly due to over zealous Doctors. Washington feeling very sick asked his overseer, Albin Rawlins, to bleed him. Doctors bled him four more times over the next eight hours, with a total blood loss of 40% along with other remedies.