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TIL: The notion of a “tongue map” for different tastes is a myth. Scientists have found that specialist brain cells handle different tastes.

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kOmmE TIL that the first novel featuring time travel was written in 1733. It is set 1997 and tells of a future where the world becomes dominated by the Jesuits. Because it was written before the industrial revolution, there is no depicted technological advancement between the author's time and the future
7r6l7 TIL there is no discernible difference in the taste of white cheddar and yellow, or orange, cheddar cheese.
xVlRg TIL convicted child molester and suspected serial killer of children Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was found with recipes for cooking children "little boy pot pie," "french fried kid," and phrases such as "lunch is served on the patio with roasted child."
w6OP TIL that when Pocahontas married John Rolfe, the uproar in British court had nothing to do with race – it was because a princess had married a commoner.
p8mN TIL The Pillars of Creation were destroyed around the same time our neolithic ancestors were inventing the wheel