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TIL the San Francisco Bay has an average depth of only about “a swimming pool - 12 to 15 feet”

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YpyGG TIL In a study on memories conducted between 1973-2013, research showed Women perform better when it comes to remembering verbal information, such as words, sentences, texts, and objects, but also the location of objects, and movies while Men can better recall abstract images and remember directions
Y7pKG TIL that the creator of the first video game, π˜›π˜¦π˜―π˜―π˜ͺ𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 π˜›π˜Έπ˜°, was also a physicist who worked on the manhattan project.
GdDE TIL Dolly Parton has a program that will mail your child a free age-appropriate book once a month from birth to age 5. No obligation, no catch, she just wants to make sure that every child has books.
gMo7L TIL: Scientists injected mouse pups with human glial cells. Within a year the human brain cells integrated and replaced over half of the natural cells. The mice developed supercharged intelligence- scoring much higher on cognitive & memory tests then their unaltered kin.
BgRjb TIL there is an earthworm that grows to up to 3 metres (10 foot) in length. It also makes an audible gurgling sound that humans can hear above ground.