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TIL Our brains combine the signal from our nose and tongue to create flavor

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XVW8 TIL that the reigning Super Bowl Champions Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson makes less than $1 million and is actually the lowest paid quarterback on the team, with his two backups making substantially more than him.
165jO TIL that yellow is apparently Green Lantern's Weaknesss??? WHAT?
m1jyy TIL That US donations to charity total almost $500 billion dollars per year.
AJrg TIL the longest surgery to date was a 96-hour marathon to remove a 300-lb ovarian cyst from a 600-lb woman. Simply hacking it out would have killed her, so the surgeon gradually drained fluid from the cyst over the course of 4 days, shrinking it to 100 lb. and allowing for a successful removal.
lG1r TIL there’s a skyscraper that has a highway passing through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors in Japan. The tower is the result of a strange compromise between the land owner and the Japanese government. The owner wanted to redevelop the building but the government has already planned the expressway.