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TIL that Mandy Patinkin (aka Inigo Montoya) sustained only one injury on the set of The Princess Bride: a bruised rib, from laughing too hard at Billy Crystal.

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R5Zd1 TIL that the NFL team the Buffalo Bills were in fact named after Buffalo Bill, the wild west showman/cowboy/buffalo hunter. I know it was probably obvious.
ADNWa The human brain looks like a big, pinkish-gray, wrinkly walnut. There are so many folds in it that, if it could be unfolded, it could be a small tablecloth. Pinkish-gray might not match your decor, but it would be about the right size! This "tablecloth" is made up of the cerebral cortex and is the wrinkly outside layer of your brain. All those folds are responsible for abstract thought, language, and memory. Scientists believe the wrinkles exist as a way to increase the surface area of the cortex, allowing for increased brainpower in a smaller space. In this week’s Today I Learned, neuroscientist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Steve Ramirez shares some of his smarts on how your cortex is different from your pet hamster’s.
8QgX TIL In 1968 a student at Oregon University turned up to every class in a black bag and sat at the back of the room in silence. At first the student was treated with hostility, then curiosity before finally friendship. This is known as the mere-exposure effect.
m1P5M TIL 99% of all US chicken is washed in chlorine before reaching consumers.
grrLX TIl - There's no evidence that the word hoser was ever actually used by Canadians before appearing on SCTV's "Bob and Doug McKenzie" sketches