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TIL a common way to treat severe epilepsy is to sever the Corpus callosum, splitting the brain in half. Patients who undergone this have little to no change in function.

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mxPey TIL about Han purple and Han blue. They are synthetic barium copper silicate pigments developed in China and used in ancient and imperial China from the Western Zhou period (1045–771 BC) until the end of the Han dynasty (circa 220 AD).
b9990 TIL that after Spartacus’ revolt in 73 BCE, 6,000 slaves were crucified along a 120-mile stretch of road called the Appian Way. This equated to roughly 50 slaves per mile or roughly 1 slave every hundred feet. The mass crucifixion served as a deterrent to anyone else who thought to defy Rome.
G9WE TIL that mango plants are pretty much poison ivy with bits of deliciousness attached.
VBpPm TIL Global Life Expectancy went down in 2020 & 2021. Also, Despite the Global GDP being at an all-time high, people are less equal, wealth is not being shared, and people are anxious and uncertain about the future.
e01x4 TIL Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother, was orphaned at 12 and named her son after her guardian, George Eskridge. Her husband, Augustine Washington, died when their son George was 11, and she never remarried. She died of breast cancer in 1789, after George became the president.