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TIL Self-consciousness arose because of Social life and Mutual recognition, according to the World's most-cited Neuroscientist. This view was envisioned by 19th century Philosopher Hegel.

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l75L1 TIL there was a group that created a sperm bank exclusively containing the semen of Nobel Prize winners, hoping to selectively give birth to the next generation of geniuses.
x6Vm7 TIL that every major thing The Beatles did happened in a time span of less than nine years. The band played its first show at The Cavern Club in February 1961, and John Lennon informed the band that he would quit in September 1969.
LkBBp TIL that Pazuzu, the demon in The Exorcist, in ancient Mesopotamia was actually the enemy of Lamashtu, a demon that preyed on newborn babies and pregnant women
p8MX8 TIL of the Navratil twins, whose father had kidnapped them after separating from his wife. He tried to move them to America on the Titanic, but died when the ship sank. The twins were rescued and re-united with their mother after she saw a newspaper picture of them.
Q8bp TIL that a US soldier at Bagram prison camp in Afghanistan was nicknamed “Monster” and “King of Torture” and was reported to torture prisoners including poking bound prisoners in the face with his penis and threatening them with sexual assault. He was put on trial and acquitted of all charges.