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

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l7X7K TIL Water lilies grow up from the bottom of the pond like normal plants.
5YgX8 TIL: About the Trojan Room coffee pot at the University of Cambridge which is said to be the inspiration for the first webcam. In 1991 it put a live picture of the office coffee pot on peoples desktops pc’s of the local office LAN so people wouldn’t make a wasted trip.
5Wxn TIL… Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, dropped acid after he got sober.
YpaKP TIL Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
loEYA TIL LuLaRoe has over 150,000 "consultants", who each spend on average $7000 buying their initial batch of clothing. There are over a billion dollars in lawsuits against the company from women claiming they were pushed to buy as much as $40k in clothing, with no assistance in actually selling