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TIL that anxiety over maths lights up the same brain areas as physical pain.

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Z8Dgv TIL members of Lewis & Clark's expedition took mercury-bearing pills to "treat" constipation and other conditions, and thus left mercury deposits wherever they dug their latrines. These mercury signals have been used to pinpoint some of the 600 camps on the voyage.
wG9J TIL the record for the longest distance for an ejaculation is 18 ft, 9 in! [NSFW]
9YWgm TIL that Für Elise, one of Beethoven's most popular compositions, was not published during his lifetime. It was only discovered in 1867, 40 years after his death.
PRxZ TIL Ravens can speak better than parrots, enjoy playing in the snow, make their own toys, and do weird things with ants
xrMB TIL Sony made a cassette tape that can store 185TB of data in 2014