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TIL in 2005 Scientists found an individual nerve cell that fired only when subjects were shown pictures of Jennifer Aniston

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Ydx7 TIL from 1993 to 2008, the same DNA was discovered at 40 different crime scenes in Europe, leading to the investigation of the “Phantom of Heilbronn”, which turned out to be a woman working in a cotton swab factory who inadvertently contaminated the swabs with her own DNA.
78ndP TIL of the word monomania, a term used in 19th century psychiatry to describe a form of partial insanity conceived as single psychological obsession in an otherwise sound mind.
k6NB TIL a factory in Honduras forces its workers to wear diapers for the sake of efficiency.
loe8A TIL The Silence of the Lambs is not only one of only three movies in history to sweep the top five Oscars, it was the first film in its genre to ever win Best Picture.
WkxK8 TIL a hunter in Brazil was "hugged" to death by a Giant Anteater. Anteaters have strong arms and long claws that can easily lacerate people.