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TIL When faced with a terminal illness, medical professionals, who know the limits of modern medicine, often opt out of life-prolonging treatment

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R75X7 TIL Teenagers biological sleep cycles are 3 hours behind: Meaning waking a teenager up at 6 am is equivalent to an adult at 3 am!
x641o TIL, the first Graecopithecus skeleton was found in 1944 by German soldiers digging a bunker. Graecopithecus were an ancestor of homo sapiens that lived about 7.2 million years ago. The bones were damaged by Allied bombing in the closing days of WWII.
W7VnX TIL that the Czech Republic is home to the largest castle complex in the world, Prague Castle. The complex covers over 70,000 square meters and includes numerous palaces, churches, and gardens. It has been the seat of Czech rulers for over a thousand years.
XEOQE TIL Gene Wilder did not tell the public about his Alzheimer's diagnosis, because, "He simply couldn’t bear the idea of one less smile in the world."
1a0EV TIL there are wasps feeding on tarantulas, and they lay their eggs in them to feed on the tarantula while it's still alive