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TIL the word ‘Matrix’ is Latin for 'womb’

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KYDa TIL that scientists aren’t really sure why we require sleep. According to one researcher with 50 years of experience in the field, “As far as I know, the only reason we need to sleep that is really, really solid is because we get sleepy.”
7ranr TIL Wheel of Fortune’s Vanna White sued Samsung Electronics in 1993 over its use of a humorous ad featuring a robot turning letters on a game show, alleging a violation of her personality rights. White was ultimately awarded $403,000 in damages.
OGxy1 TIL that modern day illuminati conspiracy theories is actually a result of two writers that wanted to sow disinformation into the world in order for people to try and question their reality
X0aeR TIL: It has been proposed that Eva Perón may have been given a prefrontal lobotomy in the last months of her life "to relieve the pain, agitation and anxiety she suffered in the final months of her illness"
4XLpg TIL that India has more vegetarians than the rest of the world put together.