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TIL in 1981, short on money and time, a Nebraskan family organised 344 volunteers to physically lift a 17,000 pound barn and shift it to higher ground.

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pYWXp TIL the medical research surrounding having people’s gender not matching their genetic markers has been occurring for a very long time. Genetically born males who cannot process androgens such as testosterone and grow up female because medically it was the best outcome. Many didn’t even know.
4XMAg TIL that introverts tend to have larger, thicker gray matter in their prefrontal cortex — a region of the brain that is linked to abstract thought and decision-making — while extroverts have less gray matter (2012 study by Randy Buckner of Harvard University)
Zr94 TIL that Buckethead, the guitar virtuoso, has released TWO HUNDRED AND NINTEY SEVEN full studio albums and 171 under aliases and with other bands. In 2015 after the death of his parents he released an average of 1 studio album every 3 days.
v1rxR TIL that Michaelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine chapel, including the last judgement can be seen in their current colourful state only beacause of years of restoration work done by a team led by Gianluigi Colalucci. He is also known for restoring works by Raphael, Giotto, Titian and Buffalmacco.
db59 TIL: Steve Sipek, who played Tarzan in “Tarzan And The Brown Prince”, was once saved by a fire on the movie set by a lion who dragged him to safety. Sipek then adopted the lion out of gratitude, and started an animal sanctuary in Florida.