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TIL that some researchers believe that a brain parasite called Toxoplasma causes Cat Lady Syndrome and other severe mental illnesses

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j64vv TIL the western most point in the US is Point Udall, named after Congressman Mo Udall, and the eastern most point in the US is Point Udall, name after his brother, former Sec. of the Interior Stewart Udall. The Points Udall are in Guam and the Virgin Islands, respectively.
X7LE TIL spiders don’t actually bite you while you’re sleeping, and probably never actually even go on your bed. Bumps attributed to nighttime spider bites are most often due to non-bite disease conditions!
9YnGm TIL of the Yottabyte, the largest known multiple of byte, 1 YB = 10008bytes = 1024bytes = 1000000000000000000000000bytes = 1000 zettabytes = 1 trillion terabytes. Since the radius of Holmium is 233 pm, an atomic memory device could store one yottabyte in an area roughly the size of a nickel.
oR4y8 TIL in the novel “No Country for Old Men” a San Antonio judge is mentioned being shot and killed. The judge was murdered by Woody Harrelson’s father; Harrelson would go onto play “Carson Wells” in the 2007 film adaptation
N70Ab TIL when George Washington died in 1799, Napoleon ordered 10 days of nationwide mourning in France.