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TIL a 2011 study showed that a group of 4 year olds had a temporary lapse in cognitive function after watching 9 minutes of SpongeBob

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Yp6Md TIL in physics, rate of change in Acceleration is named 'Jerk'. Change in Jerk is called 'Snap', and further derivatives are named 'Crackle' & 'Pop'.
VK6p TIL there is a modern-day Rosetta Stone that intends to be an archive of human languages called the Rosetta disk. While it is only 3 inches in diameter, it has over 1,500 languages etched onto its surface. It has over 13,000 pages of information which need to be magnified 1000 times to be read.
X0POP TIL the song "The Sun Has Got His Hat On" has a second verse that includes the n-word
0wVYA TIL about 'Gegenschein', a very faint glow in the night sky exactly opposite of the Sun, caused by the backscatter of sunlight by interplanetary dust.
R5gA1 TIL in 2011, Jayme Gordon tried to sue Dreamworks after falsely claiming he created Kung Fu Panda. During the trial it was revealed his evidence was fabricated from a 1996 Lion King coloring book. He was sentenced to two years in prison for fraud and perjury.