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TIL that when our brains are tired, they are capable of thinking more creatively than when they are not tired.

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kOxVB TIL a man was cooked alive in a 270° pressure cooker oven along with 12,000 pounds of tuna. In CA’s largest workplace safety violation settlement ever ($6M), Bumble Bee Tuna agreed to pay $1.5M to the deceased’s family, $1.5M to state government and courts, and $3M to purchase new automated ovens.
aW1N TIL that while shooting Pirates XXX on a ship in FL, the ship owner was told the movie was a “Disney film for families.”
gMl4b TIL that there are only three countries in the world that don't use the metric system - Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.
Y4lx TIL of the term “Steatopygia” which refers to the genetic trait most notably found in African women that causes them to have large posteriors.
8ag48 Today I Learned: The famous "Blue Waffle" shock image/hoax likely shows the application of gentian violet antifungal medication to treat a yeast infection