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TIL that Einstein's brain has been dissected and found to be no bigger than average but has significantly more astrocytes, which are poorly-understood neural connectors that anyone can increase by continuing to learn new things, and with a good diet, exercise, and love.

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LQNBp TIL 40% of teens have sent or posted nude or semi-nude pictures.
dvvK TIL that finding evidence of even microbial life on Mars could be very bad news for humanity. One of the most popular solutions to The Fermi Paradox is that there exists a “Great Filter” for life. Finding evidence of life elsewhere would mean the the filter is most likely still ahead of us.
e0gN6 TIL Susan Travers, WW2 and Indochina War veteran, is the only woman to have been formally enrolled in the French Foreign Legion.
gM9dy TIL Czech Republic is the world leader in beer consumption by far.
ZOyv TIL of the Children’s Crusade, in 1212 an unofficial crusade took place in which Nicholas of Cologne attempted to lead ~30,000 children to the holy land. They later found a fleet of boats willing to give them free passage to the Levant. The sailors ended up selling the children as slaves in Africa.