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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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awvVL TIL that the child who voiced Ducky in The Land Before Time, Judith Barsi, was murdered by her father.
pYmpO TIL of the Old River Control Structure, meant to prevent the Mississippi River changing course. It if fails, it would cripple the US economy & lead to a global food crisis. Several experts have recommended letting the river shift course naturally to avoid this.
6EVmw TIL people used to iron their newspapers to set the ink. That way they wouldn't turn their fingers black.
5YXrp TIL of Normal Borlaug, the man who saved a billion lives. In the 1970's, he developed a new strain of wheat that was heavily disease resistant and could grow in very arid conditions. Between 1965 and 1970, Pakistan, Mexico, and India more than doubled their food supplies.
oRvwE TIL Atrazine, one of the world's most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc on the population of frogs, emasculating 75% of makes, and turning 1/10 into females.