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TIL One researcher estimates that with current technology it would take 10,000 automated microscopes thirty years to map the connections between every neuron in a human brain, and 100 million terabytes of disk space to store the data.

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RvX8 TIL one of Indiana’s most prolific serial killers was the founder of sav-a-lot grocery stores. 11 bodies were found behind his Westfield estate. He is suspected of killing a number of other men found along I-70. Most victims went missing from Indy’s gay community.
B6kd TIL that Bill Murray was only paid $9,000 for his role in Rushmore, he also gave Wes Anderson a cheque for $25,000 when Disney wouldn’t pay for a helicopter for a montage scene.
ADXDd TIL one of Switzerland’s defense strategies is to demolish every main road, bridge and railway access into Switzerland in case of a foreign invasion, with at least 3,000 locations around the country prepared to blow at a moment’s notice.
jNnvj TIL of Semyon Hitler, a Soviet soldier who fought against the Nazis in WW2. Despite his unlucky name, he was given a medal for bravery during the war. After the war, his family legally changed their name to Hitlev.
D1lme TIL the oldest mathematical artifact in the world is the Lebombo bone, found in the mountains of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Africa. The bone was likely used as a measurement device and to keep track of lunar cycles, suggesting that the first mathematicians might have been African women.