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TIL your brain makes decisions for you seconds before you are even aware that any decision took place.

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6MZJ TIL Colonel SANDERs got fired from a dozen jobs; was a lawyer who once assaulted his own client in court; started a restaurant that when went out of business and found himself broke at the age of 65; That’s when he started KFC
X0AVk TIL after Rush's 1975 album "Caress of Steel" had disappointing sales, Mercury Records considered dropping the band. However, they were allowed to make one more album. Despite pressure from the label to go commercial, Rush ignored them and in 1976 released their breakthrough prog-rock album: "2112”.
b6Z99 TIL Rocky Mountain High by John Denver is Colorado's second official state song
JYWRB TIL that Russia has an extremely long and sophisticated history of secret biological weapons development, including using such weapons.
grO8L TIL Life expectancy in the U.S. varies considerably by state, with West Virginia trailing California by 6.9 years and Hawaii by 7.9 years