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TIL that neuroscientists have found that three seconds is the average duration of reciting a verse from a poem. This average duration holds true for poems all over the world and it is thought that it reflects the time it takes for the brain to integrate information.

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JYnom TIL of Jeff Hall, a white nationalist indoctrinating his 12 year old son in his beliefs & teaching him to shoot at the border. One day, his son retrieved his gun & shot him in the head.
VMo0 TIL that a space venture backed by Google and Microsoft founders are planning to mine near-Earth asteroids to extract ice deposits, precious metals and minerals.
9wk7Q TIL tomb raiding is a big problem in China that looters sometimes find historically significant sites first. For instance the tomb of the famed 3 Kingdoms-era general, Cao Cao, was discovered in 2008 after police inspected the stolen goods of a bunch of robbers, who then led them to an unknown tomb.
W5M8 TIL Canada has been sued more times through free-trade provisions than any other developed country, mainly by the US and Mexico for implementing environmental legislation.
neX6Y TIL In Peru guinea pigs are such a large part of the traditional cuisine that the Cathedral Basilica has a rendition of the last supper that depicts Jesus dining on guinea pig