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TIL that our brains and faces aren't centred

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PYXgZ TIL: that at 310,296 words, the constitution of Alabama is the longest constitution in the world, governing everything from bingo rules to catfish promotion.
69Nbm TIL that RED bananas exist. They have a sweeter taste, and contain more nutrients like vitamin C, compared to regular yellow ones.
xk4B TIL that Henry David Thoreau’s last words were, “moose” followed by “indian”.
dDm8B TIL the last elementary particle that we know to exist was discovered in 2012 at the CERN in Switzerland, using the Large Hadron Collider. It's called the Higgs boson and it's the particle responsible for "assigning" a mass to other elementary particles.
8aBv8 TIL "Purple Rain" was remade in the Sahara featuring the nomadic Tuareg people. Since their language has no word for "purple," the title became "Rain The Color of Blue With A Little Red In It."