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TIL That your heart has it's own "little brain" with neurons that act independently with a mini nervous system too

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G4bN TIL of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was charged and executed in 2004 for allegedly setting his house on fire to murder his 3 children in 1991. All the evidence against him was debunked by experts in fire investigations 5 years later.
YpkJW TIL that Norman Rockwell tried to enlist in the Navy during WW1, but was rejected for being 8 pounds underweight. He successfully enlisted the next day after spending the night gorging himself on bananas, liquids and doughnuts.
KOXyB TIL: In Costa Rica, a sea turtle conservation organization is exposing sea turtle egg poachers by placing fake sea turtle eggs on the beach, with GPS trackers imbedded inside the eggs to reveal the location of whoever takes them.
nWred TIL that there is an open-source Python package called "Dulwich", and why it's named after an area in London: It's a pure Python version of Git, and the name comes from a Monty Python sketch, where the characters Mr. and Mrs. Git live and occasionally attend to cocktail parties.
PYraO TIL Warren Buffett's best-performing stock over the past 3 months isn't Apple or Amazon. It's a luxury furniture company.