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TIL During your sleep. Your brain will systematically shut down parts of it and push fluid in. Washing and cleansing itself. Meaning we're literally brainwashed on a daily basis.

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reQ4 TIL when Microsoft bought all rights to Charles O'Rear’s iconic ‘Bliss’ photo, depicting green hills and a blue sky, they wanted the original film. When the courier learned how valuable it was, they declined to ship it due to lower insurance limits; O'Rear had to personally deliver it to Seattle.
BbWr TIL it’s illegal to use hormones in turkey (or other poultry and pork) so “hormone free” turkeys are not any different than a regular one
Do1e TIL it is the chemical reaction between vegetables and olive oil that makes the Mediterranean diet healthy.
VwBp TIL kangaroos barely emit any methane. Scientists want to harvest the bacteria from their colons so they can transfer this “skill” to cows, thereby reducing greenhouse gases.
j6PEj TIL that a Kentucky man won $450,000 in a lawsuit against his former employers who allegedly fired him for having a panic attack and leaving his own surprise birthday party.