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TIL the “Jennifer Aniston neuron” is a brain cell that responds to images of Jennifer Aniston.

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vPYWD TIL In the last 116 years the world record for the mens 100 meter race has improved by just 1 second, 0.16s of which was by Usain Bolt.
8eA0G TIL an Australian rancher noticed cattle drinking rainwater that had collected in a mysterious metal object on his property which, after an investigation, turned out to be the end cap from one of Skylab’s oxygen tanks that had fallen to Earth more than a decade earlier in 1979.
7rmAb TIL the first ever film rated "PG-13" by the MPAA was Red Dawn in 1984, Before that it went straight from PG to Rated R
W7MQ4 TIL, the sun in our solar system, Sol, is not a member of any constellation. Constellations are categorized by their shape as perceived from our solar system. Therefore, for Sol to be a member of a constellation we would need to travel to another star system to perceived the new "shape".
ykKX TIL in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon Jinn’s communicator is a redecorated Gillette Sensor Excel Razor for Women.