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TIL that sleep allows the brain’s synapses to be optimized to prevent your brain from growing too big

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BgvMW TIL anthropomorphism is defined as the tendency to attribute human forms, behaviors, and emotions to non-human animals or objects.
eNjg TIL 13 year old Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) played on a BBC talent show in 1957. When asked what he wanted to do after schooling, Page said “I want to do biological research and find a cure for cancer”
LkMXp TIL of Inmate 4859, Witold Pilecki, a Polish intelligence officer that voluntarily entered Auschwitz to gather intel. He escaped and reported the atrocities occurring at Auschwitz. His report was dismissed under the belief that he was exaggerating what was occurring at Auschwitz.
l7XNV TIL that Flight of the Bumblebee was originally intended to only be an interlude, or a song played in between acts, to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's play. Despite its unimportant part in the play, it still became one of the most recognizable classical songs due to its frequent usage in pop culture.
wyb7 TIL when Richard Nixon’s secret “enemy list” was leaked to the media, journalist Daniel Schorr read the names on live TV. Not having read it before going on air, he was surprised to see his own name as number 17.