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TIL M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.
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TIL During the chaos of the African campaign in WWII Axis General Rommel found himself visiting an Allied controlled field hospital. He inquired if supplies were needed and promised to help. Later he delivered the supplies he had promised.
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TIL that a Roadrunner’s top speed is 20 MPH while Coyotes can reach speeds of up to 43 MPH
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TIL Claude Shannon (the father of Information Theory) designed one of the first Chess playing machines in 1949 that could only handle endgames and no more than six pieces at a time
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TIL People with psychopathic tendencies have an impaired sense of smell, which points to inefficient processing in the front part of the brain. Those scoring highly on psychopathic traits were more likely to actively struggle to both identify smells & discern the difference between smells.
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TIL that some fish can fly to avoid predators, video footage from BBC