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TIL The World's Oldest Surviving Footwear Comes From Oregon

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dDKxE Til: Montana (380,800 sq km) is larger than Germany (357,500 sq km) population 1 million vs 83 million
EZMo TIL that Michaelangelo began dissecting cadavers at age 17 and Johns Hopkins researchers now believe he painted God with an anatomically correct brain stem on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
09oL TIL in the US, more babies are born on Monday and Tuesday than any other day because doctors don’t like scheduling c-sections and induced labour on the weekend.
KrVE TIL that if you connect jello to an EEG brain scan, it registers as being so alive that you wouldn’t legally be allowed to turn it’s life support off.
0Jdy TIL that in Georgia there is an airtight room, sealed in 1940, called the Crypt of Civilization. It contains numerous artifacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year AD 8113.