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TIL Carl Linnaeus' corpse is the model specimen for the human race. In 1959, taxonomist William T. Stearn officially made Linne, the founder of his discipline, the ICZN lectotype for homo sapiens, and his skeletal remains are now the benchmark for what a modern human is and looks like.

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16KpD TIL that in December, 1947 George Lockwood of Inglewood Country Club set the record for fewest putts in a single round of golf at just 16. He achieved this feat by one-putting 16 greens, and having 2 chip-ins.
0dZmA TIL If you you experience auditory hallucinations (specifically sounds as opposed to voices) as you fall asleep or as you are waking up they are considered normal and up to 70% of people experience this occasionally. Hearing them in the middle of the day is not.
Qye9 TIL that in the earliest versions of Little Red Riding Hood, the girl cannibalizes her own grandmother and gets eaten by the wolf after getting into bed with him.
D1N5V TIL the $2 bill makes up 1% of currency circulation. Its scarcity in daily use has confused some merchants who believe the bill to be fake. A 13 year-old girl in Texas was detained by Police when she tried to pay for her school lunch w/a $2 bill, b/c the school’s counterfeit pen wouldn’t work on it.
9oLX TIL it’s been scientifically proven that alcohol increases creativity. It reduces the executive function, while boosting imagination and inner consciousness as shown by increased activity in the superior temporal gyrus, an area of the brain directly above the ear.