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TIL Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are actually one lake

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mN4E TIL a man bought photograph negatives worth hundreds of millions for $45 from a garage sale
OyaX TIL There was a “Back to the Future” animated series that ran from 1991-1992. The show was not popular, but it featured live-action segments where Christopher Lloyd would teach viewers how to do an experiment, and Bill Nye was his assistant. The segment ultimately led to “Bill Nye the Science Guy”.
neX5G Til that Harvard student and seminarian Jonathan Daniels traveled to the south to aid the civil rights movement. He was walking with a black girl when a deputy pointed his shotgun at her. Daniels jumped in front of her, sacrificing his life so that she could live.
R74a1 TIL that where your tongue sits at rest depends on your native language. If it’s English, your tongue rests at the roof of your mouth, behind your upper teeth. However, if your first language is Russian or German, your tongue rests at the bottom of your mouth, behind the lower teeth, when not in use
JYy98 TIL insufficient sleep has an impact on total daily energy expenditure, food intake, & weight gain. Increased food intake during insufficient sleep is a physiological adaptation to provide energy needed to sustain additional wakefulness;