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TIL that the human brain can process and correctly identify images seen for as little as 13 milliseconds.

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6Ey4Y TIL Streets generally run East to West and Avenues generally run North to South.
yVLgV TIL there hasn't been a Major League Baseball player who regularly played catcher left-handed since Jack Clements, who played from 1884 to 1900. Clements was also the first catcher to wear a chest protector.
5Ve9P TIL that there are no words in the English language that rhyme with month, orange, silver, or purple
0pjL TIL That a Man Will Have On Average 3 Erections Whilst Sleeping Each Night
n5ld TIL in 2013 The Wall Street Journal discovered a cache of files that revealed the U.S. government lobotomized over 2000 veterans against their will after WW2. The veterans were lobotomized for reasons such as PTSD, depression, schizophrenia, and occasionally homosexuality.