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TIL the human brain is not fully developed until the person is 25 years old

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R75N8 TIL there are streets in Paris named after each of Napoleon's Marshals of the Empire, his most trusted and skilled commanders. Of the 26 men who served as Marshals, only seven do not have streets named after them. These seven are widely regarded to be traitors to Napoleon, the Republic, and France.
aP4J TIL that during the space race the public was generally opposed to funding manned space exploration, and spaceflight was ranked near the top of federal programs the public would prefer cut.
VMrbZ TIL of the Japanese concept of "kuchisabishii": when you eat not because you are hungry, but because your mouth is lonely
xV0P5 TIL of Dan Suelo, a man who stopped using money in the autumn of 2000 and lives part-time in a cave near Moab, Utah when he is not wandering the country
DQpOJ TIL that the production of The Sound of Music faced opposition from Salzburg city leaders who did not want them staging scenes with swastika banners. However, they relented after director Robert Wise threatened instead to include old newsreel footage featuring the banners.