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TIL that the bird, Turkey (like the country) is Peru (like the country) in the Portuguese language

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7Gbb TIL there are languages without the terms “Left, Right, Front, and Behind.” These cultures use “North, South, East, and West” their whole lives no matter if they are in a room or in the woods. The result is a compass brain. They always know how they are oriented.
Ren9 TIL : Martin Luther King Jr. spent his wedding night in a funeral home, since there were no honeymoon suites for African-Americans.
696XJ TIL the FDA approved a pill with a sensor that digitally tracks if patients have ingested their medication
yZ6e TIL in 1976, then 16-year-old “Weird” Al Yankovic started his career by handing a homemade tape of original and parody songs performed on the accordion in his bedroom into a “cheesy little tape recorder” to Dr Demento, a radio DJ who was speaking at his school.
XEw8R TIL Scientists at UCLA noticed that "time and time again" people suffered their first experience with anxiety or depression right after stomach illnesses. They did brain scans after patients ate probiotics, and found that stomach bacteria actually directly affected connectivity of the brain.