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TIL that the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota is the only American National Park named directly after a single person.

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DQYxp Today I learned Salvador Dali found a thrill in torturing and killing living things, both animals and humans. He tried to kill his sister and one of his lovers. And he tortured and killed animals.
J11b8 TIL that in the 1950’s Dr. Curt Richter conducted a series of tests with rats in which the first set drowned in water after 15min. But the next set were dried off and placed back in the water and remained alive and swimming for up to 60hrs. Showing that idea of “hope” can keep them alive longer.
OoB77 TIL: Thomas Edison paid his son Thomas Edison Jr. an allowance of $35.00 a week ($925.25 in 2017) to not use his own name.
mx65O TIL the brains of long-term drug users "forget" how to produce dopamine naturally because the drugs have been producing it instead. In some cases, natural production never goes back to normal, even after long-term sobriety.
b6jLN TIL Evel Knievel holds the world record for the most broken bones at 433, over twice the amount of bones in the human body