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TIL That ADHD Was Actually An Advantage For Our Nomadic Ancestors

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grar4 TIL: Cyrus the great’s cylinder is the first recognized charter for human rights.
xV6Ng TIL if your brain was cut down the middle the two halves would function independently, almost like another person is sharing your body.
E1rAW TIL Titanic actually had more lifeboats than was required of her. Its 20 lifeboats could only carry 38% of its passengers at full capacity, but safety regulations were so outdated at the time that it legally required only 16 lifeboats.
xVa5D TIL That the characters Timon and Pumbaa were only put in the movie The Lion King because Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella audition so well together. They had originally auditioned for the hyenas, but were so funny that Timon and Pumbaa were created for them.
AN0Dw Today I learned that the number 420 is the sum of 4 consecutive prime numbers 101 + 103 + 107 + 109 AND the subsequent number 421 is the sum of the five previous consecutive prime numbers 73 + 79 + 83 + 89 + 97.