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TIL the human eye only needs 5 photons to elicit visual experience.

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VQk TIL people who walk at a slower pace are more likely to suffer from dementia later in life.
GY75J TIL of Bass Reeves, the first black U.S marshal west of the Mississippi River. At the end of his career in 1907 at the age of 70, he had arrested over 3000 felons and shot and killed 14 outlaws.
aw4wA TIL that the sense of relief and pleasure after defecating has been scientifically studied, and has an official name: Poo-phoria
vYnj TIL that Da Vinci used to be a comedic genius - by putting fake wings and horns on lizards he’d scare people in the Vatican. He’d also trap people in the corner of rooms by making giant ‘balloons’.
M7x8W TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower and his brother both had the nickname “Ike”. Dwight was “Little Ike” and his older brother Edgar was “Big Ike”