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TIL of the hard problem of consciousness. The difficulty for the scientific community to put the experience of senses (qualia), and the existence of consciousness, into a valid scientific physical system.

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ANrdl TIL: South Korea has a lot of unique cosmetic surgeries not available in the West. These include vagina lifts by injecting Botox in calves, "glass skin", round foreheads, surgeries that forces a "resting bitch face", and permanent smiles. 1/3 women get cosmetic surgery before 25, and some weekly.
olYR TIL that during the WWI First Battle of the Marne, French reinforcements were transported to the front from Paris using a fleet of taxis, running up a fare of 70,012 francs.
BgWKr TIL in 1790, George Washington checked out (and never returned) two books from the New York Society Library, one of which was finally replaced, in 2010, by representatives of his estate at Mount Vernon
4k8e5 TIL the Star-Spangled Banner has only been the US National Anthem for 91 years.
AdQl TIL: One time Albert Einstein was asked “How many feet are in a mile?” and he responded saying “I don’t know why would I fill my mind with facts I can in two minutes in any standard reference book”