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TIL that those who know Superman’s secret identity include Batman, Supergirl … and Muhammed Ali.

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e0nXb TIL That the human brain takes 1/10th of a second to interpret incoming information. Because of this we are technically always living in the past and that our brains have to predict what is going to happen in the next 1/10th of a second so we can react accordingly.
AWPn TIL that supergroup the Travelling Wilbury’s named their second album Travelling Wilburys Vol. 3, just to confuse people.
j9ov TIL of Newton Knight, a Southern Unionist who formed the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters in Jones County, Mississippi which fought a guerrilla war against the CSA. After the Civil War, he married a former slave and fought the KKK leading an otherwise all black regiment.
9YGV7 TIL SEGA arguably spearheaded internet intergration in home consoles; the SEGA Saturn featured both online multiplayer as well as a fully fledged internet browser back in 1995
E7ap TIL: The most effective treatment for CDI (a bowel disease causing chronic diarrhea) is a fecal transplant, where poo from a healthy person is put in the infected person’s bum, thereby transplanting healthy bacteria into the digestive tract. It is 94% effective as opposed to 30% for antibiotics.