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TIL That Stephen Hillenburg creator of Spongebob, based the "French Narrator" from the show on Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who was a French scientist, naval officer, explorer and conservationist. Jacques was one of Hillenburg's idols, and his son Jean made a guest appearance on the Spongebob movie.

gMr97 Ever since Morpheus explained how the machines use humans as batteries in The Matrix, we’ve been fascinated by the idea. But can the human body actually generate enough current to do anything useful? We decided to find out, by asking experts how long it would take a human brain to charge an iPhone.
bYo9 TIL Scott Niedermayer is the only hockey player to win every possible Championship in his career. This includes a Gold Medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship, The Memorial Cup in the WHL, 4 Stanley Cups, 2 Olympic Gold Medals, Gold at the World Championships, & Gold at the World Cup of Hockey
QJpad TIL that wrasse (a kind of cleaning fish) can keep track of over 100 regular clients. They sometimes cheat certain clients, and if those clients get angry and chase them, they offer a complimentary fin massage. They can also outperform chimps on certain mental impermanence tests.
VMPM8 TIL that the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates based all of his theories on superficial observations like texture, colors, and symptoms. Human dissection was considered taboo in Ancient Greece until Alexandrian physicians began dissecting cadavers in the third century B.C.
dDk7E TIL: Fallopian Tubes and Ovaries are NOT directly connected in humans and have a gap between them