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TIL that people will find an explanation more believable if you sprinkle it with irrelevant neuroscience jargon.

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a8VmJ TIL The most heavily bombed country in history is Laos. The US dropped 260 million bombs on a neutral country, Laos, in attempt to disrupt Vietnamese supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. An estimated one-third (80 million) of the bombs have net detonated and are still at risk to do so.
R5vp4 TIL That the voice of Mort Goldman from Family Guy was one of the Jerky Boys from back in the 90s
R5vX6 TIL that the violin music in De Beers Diamond commercials from the 90s was created for the commercial and expanded into an orchestral piece and not the other way around
MeoV0 TIL that a certain species of Bamboo can grow 91 cm (36 in) within a 24-hour period, at a rate of almost 4 cm (1.6 in) an hour.
DQ74e TIL that 1/3 of Finnish population died of starvation due to famine during 1695-1697 making it one of the most devastating famines per capita ahead of Irish potato famine or Great Leap Forward famine in China. People resorted to eating Pine bark and their dead family members