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TIL Cottons are related to Okras.

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O8oR TIL that Google prefers dogs to cats. Their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company.
WXbB TIL We actually live about 80 milliseconds in the past because that’s how long it takes our brains to process information.
noZo TIL Penn Jillette had skin growing inside his skull. He and Teller decide to shoot a magic trick during the surgery. Since Penn’s a teetotaler, he couldn’t get the full anesthetic and remain conscious for the trick. As a result his pain made the footage so disturbing it was unusable.
9w0kX TIL Nikola Tesla predicted the rise of the modern smartphone over a century ago. He described a world where people would communicate wirelessly across the globe with devices small enough to carry in their pockets, envisioning what he called “a world wireless system.”
9wYjD TIL the British made “decoy sneakers” for SOE agents in the pacific to disguise their footprints and make them seem like barefoot locals.