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TIL Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the most incest-friendly royal family in recorded history, and her first two husbands were her younger brothers

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LQVgQ TIL about Le Lignon, one of the largest apartment complexes in the world, containing 2,780 units. Located in Genève, CH, it houses over 6,000 residents with a population density that rivals that of Manhattan.
x5Gw TIL A horse’s field of vision is nearly 360 degrees with only a small blind spot directly behind them.
neeKY TIL we never see things as they are now, but as they were in the past, the delay is caused by the time it takes light to reach your eyes. We see the Moon as it was approximately 1.3 seconds in the past, the Sun as it was 8 minutes in the past, the Andromeda Galaxy 2.5 million years in the past.
W7Vp8 TIL a politician made up the U.S. state name “Idaho” after meeting a girl named Ida. He falsely claimed it was a Native American term.
l7QDr TIL that recent research has found the brain is continuously changing its microstructure , and it does so by eating itself through a process known as phagocytosis. This can occur as a result of insufficient sleep, starvation, or as a consequence of aging or injury.