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TIL Einstein wanted to be cremated and his ashes scattered with his brain in his head to “discourage idolaters” but the Doctor performing the autopsy put the brain in formaldehyde and kept it for himself.

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8eL8L TIL[nt] about the only word in English with a silent v: Milngavie, a Scottish town.
6EgJ TIL Soundgarden did a 1 minute cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s duet “2 Minute’s Silence,” claiming to have cut Yoko’s minute from the track.
OoGvg TIL that Mother Teresa did not work to alleviate poverty, lied to donors about how contributions were spent, allowed the sick to suffer as she believed suffering was a gift from god, but opted for advanced heart treatment for herself.
oRPyA TIL when identical twins procreate with unrelated partners, their offspring will be cousins who are as genetically similar as half-siblings
oBWXY TIL smartwatches measures blood preassure by emitting light to the skin and reading how much light is reflected back; as the heart pumps blood, it causes a variation in blood volume on the skin and can be detected by change in light absorption, a not-so-new technology called photoplethysmogram.