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TIL There is online exam software that monitors your eye and head movement

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RnK8 TIL that the Greater Honeyguide, a bird from sub-Saharan Africa, leads humans to bee colonies and, after we take the honey, feeds on the larvae and beeswax. It seems to only use humans and likely evolved this behaviour with early men. Honeyguides may be mankind’s oldest buds, even before dogs.
yVXdv TIL in 1867, Alfred Nobel discovered dynamite by stabilizing nitroglycerin with a safe agent. This invention transformed construction and mining, made Nobel wealthy, and ultimately became the funding source for the Nobel Prizes.
X07vE TIL about anterograde amnesia. People with this condition completely forget very recent events, yet most of them can learn and retain new skills - even though they forget every day that they had learned those skills yesterday.
jNxKv TIL that Sylvester Stallone considers his 1992 movie 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' as “maybe one of the worst films in the entire solar system, including alien productions we’ve never seen," and "a flatworm could write a better script."
KYrAE TIL Rod Blackstone, "The Toast Man," makes two to three loaves of toast at every Charleston WV minor league baseball game. When the home team strikes a player out, Blackstone leads the crowd in declaring "You! Are! Toast!" as he tosses toast to fans.