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TIL scientists estimate that around 40% of people's first memory is fictional.

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X0VLj TIL that Gregg Ernst backlifted 2422 kg (approximately 5,340 lbs.) of two cars on a platform to set the world record for live weight backlifting in July 1993. This record still stands today
v1a7r TIL that Pluto was not only named after the god of the underworld, but the first two letters were a homage to Percival Lowell, the scientist who initiated the search for a celestial body beyond Neptune.
16wQ8 TIL the high five was invented in 1977
yQZvJ TIL the production of Apocalypse Now had actual dead bodies on set, from someone who supplied bodies to medical schools for autopsies. It turned out he was a grave robber.
k884 TIL During the Middle Ages the Church tolerated prostitution because it helped to prevent rape, sodomy, and masturbation, which it saw as worse