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TIL The amygdala is a part of the brain that controls fear. Remove it and you lose any sense of fear.

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jNnrE TIL a man from Michigan tipped the FBI the exact location of Osama Bin Laden in 2003. They didn't take his tip seriously, and it took eight more years before they ended up killing him in the exact location he told them. There was also a $25 million reward for the info he gave them which went unpaid.
jxbN TIL that the English county of Sussex was divided into Rapes.
V6QQ TIL that Pyrrhus of Epirus, an ancient Greek General, died while fighting an enemy soldier in the streets of Sparta. The soldier’s mother, who was watching their battle from a rooftop, threw a tile that hit Pyrrhus in the head and paralyzed him, sealing his fate.
NmO8 TIL a lot of old movie theaters had “cry rooms” you could take your children to if they were becoming disruptive. This way you could still enjoy the movie while not disturbing other movie goers.
5YoGD TIL the word 'millionaire' is a French word coined in 1719 to describe those working in the Mississippi Company earning millions of livres which is one of the earliest examples of an economic bubble