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TIL there are more barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky than there are people.

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PYKGe TIL Even though a chess grandmaster can perfectly rearrange a midgame chessboard after seeing it for only 3 seconds, they can't do the same when the pieces are placed at random. They rely on a process called "chunking" (pattern recognition) vs common perception that they have photographic memories.
woyxP TIL French sailor Narcisse Pelletier was abandoned in 1858 at the age of 14 on the Cape York Peninsula, in Australia. He was discovered and rescued by an Aboriginal family who adopted him and named him Amglo, for the next 17 years, until he was found by the crew of the John Bell in 1875.
l7LmK TIL that a third of the cast and crew of the 1956 film The Conqueror, including John Wayne and director Dick Powell, developed cancer—likely due to filming near a nuclear test site.
W7VaL TIL many dogs die around Easter and Christmas because they are given chocolate treats which are lethal due to the presence of theobromine and caffeine.
0dXWL TIL of the United Kingdom's Locomotives Act 1865, which mandated that motor vehicles abide by a 2 to 4 mph speed limit, be crewed by minimum of three persons, and have man walk at least 55 meters ahead of the vehicle, waving a red flag and sounding a horn.