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TIL Steve Irwin was afraid of Parrots.

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xVMPw Today I learned that the electrical impulses in our brain are caused by Sodium and Potassium Ions moving between neurons, something called ‘Action Potential’
xVLpD TIL that the bikini was invented by the frenchman Louis Réard in 1946. At the time, the USA were conducting Atomic Bomb tests in the Bikini Atoll, and so Louis Réard named his two piece swimsuit the “Bikini” as it was what he referred to as an “Anatomic Bomb”
GboN TIL when the Soviet Union launched the 1st satellite (Sputnik) into space in 1957, the event created such a profound public shock in the US that, in less than a year, congress had increased education funding six-fold and Eisenhower had signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act - creating NASA.
pYErO TIL when Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson made the song, "Say Say Say" in 1983, Paul talked to Michael about investing in music publishing. Two years later Michael purchased the the majority of the Beatles’ catalog for $47 million outbidding Paul. The Beatles catalog is worth an estimated 1 billion
GAapg TIL of the Online Disinhibition Effect: “With the help of Internet anonymity, people could share personal feelings or disclose themselves in the way they are reluctant to exhibit in real life”