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TIL that our brains and faces aren't centred

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EgJ0W TIL that the Guinness World Record for the most T-shirts worn at once is 257. The record was set by Sanath Bandara in Sri Lanka.
Z8Vya TIL that Henry Darger, a hospital custodian, wrote The Story of the Vivian Girls, a 15,000 page novel with hundreds of watercolor illustrations. He never showed it to anyone, and it was only found when he died.
yVVeM TIL that the brown-headed cowbird is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other small birds. Once hatched the young cowbirds are fed by the host parents at the expense of their own young. More than 140 different species of birds are known to have raised young cowbirds.
OGAg TIL that food made with “Real Kraft Cheese” actually contains no real cheese
oRROo TIL by calculating the number of synapses and neurons, the human brain has been estimated to hold up to 2.5 petabytes of information