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TIL that the popular concept of “Humans only use 10% of their brain” is a myth and that there’s nothing to suggest that we don’t use 100% of our brains

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neRx9 TIL that former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt was a heavy smoker. He was well known for lighting up during TV interviews and talk shows. He was also charged with defying smoking bans. In 1981 he got a pacemaker. Despite these he died as the longest living chancellor at the age of 96.
JYpaQ TIL that the French King, Lois XIV owned a collection of 413 beds in several places all over France, so that he could sleep in his own bed, no matter where he traveled.
5YLOp TIL about András István Arató, the Hungarian Electrical engineer who accidentally became an internet meme called “Hide the Pain Harold”
KOn1R TIL: In the 11th century, Spain was 80% Muslim.
p7ve TIL a side effect of the drug Clomipramine is a yawngasm, which makes affected users orgasm every time they yawn.