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TIL of the "Tree of Life" in Bahrain: an isolated 400-year-old mesquite tree in the middle of the desert sustaining itself from an unknown water source

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GKE4 TIL that, following Kanye West’s infamous interruption of Taylor Swift at the MTV VMA’s, Comedy Central aired the South Park episode “Fishsticks”, which prominently lampoons West’s ego problems, four times back-to-back.
GAxmJ TIL In 1958 a Dutch Gynecologist called Specken made the first recorded diagnosis of a woman allergic to seminal fluids, the condition is now known as seminal plasma allergy and men can be allergic to their own seminal fluids.
ADNWa The human brain looks like a big, pinkish-gray, wrinkly walnut. There are so many folds in it that, if it could be unfolded, it could be a small tablecloth. Pinkish-gray might not match your decor, but it would be about the right size! This "tablecloth" is made up of the cerebral cortex and is the wrinkly outside layer of your brain. All those folds are responsible for abstract thought, language, and memory. Scientists believe the wrinkles exist as a way to increase the surface area of the cortex, allowing for increased brainpower in a smaller space. In this week’s Today I Learned, neuroscientist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Steve Ramirez shares some of his smarts on how your cortex is different from your pet hamster’s.
M7raA TIL prior to joining the band Primus in 1989, guitarist Larry LaLonde was a member of the band Possessed, and was just 17 years old when Possessed’s landmark debut album, "Seven Churches," was released in 1985.
xV4dw TIL In 2016, Rolling Stone magazine named The Sopranos as the Greatest TV Show of All Time. The American crime saga created an immortal antihero in James Gandolfini's New Jersey Mob boss, Tony Soprano, presiding over a crew of gangsters who also double as damaged husbands and dads.