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TIL Weinstein has been thanked more than God at the Oscars

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OGla6 TIL lungs don’t expand from air coming in, but the other way around: the ribcage and lungs expand FIRST, causing a negative pressure inside the lungs that makes air rush inside
pYwm8 TIL The Dracula parrot is only found in New Guinea
Ymvx TIL: US retail sales of gasoline have more than halved in the last decade (2002-2012)
wLpbE TIL Famous physicist Sir Roger Penrose conjectures that consciousness is a result of quantum mechanical phenomena in neurons. He has worked with anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff to suggest with anesthetic/biological research that microtubules may act as a suitable site in neurons for consciousness.
X0o0k TIL that Roman gladiators were overweight (NOT muscle-bound) and ate mostly vegetarian diets