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TIL human brains store a pet dog’s name in the same place as family members’ names, but not a cat’s name

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970B TIL You Could Fit All the Planets in the Solar System Between the Earth and the Moon.
b9mka TIL that Duct Tape was originally called Duck Tape. In WWII, Johnson & Johnson created a waterproof rubber adhesive tape applied to a durable duck cloth backing for use as waterproof sealing tape on ammunition cases: "Duck Tape". Later it was used to seal air ducts in forced-air heating HVAC systems
Eg18d TIL the movie Saw (2004) was shot in just 18 days with a budget under a million dollars, and grossed more than $100 million at the box office.
Oop01 TIL The latitude coordinates of the Great Pyramid of Giza match the value of the speed of light to seven decimal places.
M9PA TIL: An Indian will spend one-fifth of this life’s earning on a wedding ceremony