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TIL the "earworm" phenomenon (having a song stuck in your head in a loop) can occur due to the brain’s attempt to fill a gap in the auditory cortex

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1aaB4 TIL that the first motion picture came through the technology of series photography by the British American photographer Eadweard Muybridge between 1872 and 1877.
J1y9m TIL that the state of Alaska has a secessionist party and that one of their members was the governor of Alaska from 1990 to 1994.
dDabB TIL that the "Hello, I'm a PC", "And I'm a Mac" TV TV ad campaign had a UK version featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb from "Peep Show", "That Mitchell and Webb Look", etc.
9YQ8X TIL your brain grows in physical size when memorizing large amounts of data.
9wZBp TIL the notion of waiting 30 mintues after eating before swimming has no scientific basis whatsoever