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TIL that the sun has still not set on the British Empire.
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TIL Malaria, which is caused by the parasitic protozoa plasmodium, is the deadliest disease of all time. No disease, including the plague or smallpox, has killed more people. It has also killed more people than all wars, famines, and natural disasters combined.
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TIL Dolphins sleep 'unihemispheric'. They rest one hemisphere of their brain at a time, and even sleep with one eye open. They cannot breathe unconsciously; they have to actively decide when to breathe & would drown if they slept 'polyhemispheric' like us.
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TIL Isaac Newton was extremely religious, and he rejected the Trinity.
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TIL that there is an Indian metal ban called Bloodywood, and that when they went on tour they called it "Raj Against the Machine"
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TIL Best Supporting Actor Nominee Barry Keoghan's mother died of a heroin overdose and he spent 7 years in foster care in 13 different foster homes