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TIL that the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) was originally called the WWF, until they lost a court case to the World Wildlife Fund over the initials "WWF"

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4kME6 TIL young adult brains aren't fully developed until they're 25. Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, which responds to situations with good judgment. Teens and young adults process information with the amygdala. This is the emotional part.
loAYA TIL about singer and pioneer sound recording artist George W. Johnson, born in 1846, who sold more than 25.000 wax cylinders. Since every recording was a "master" back then, he would record the same song over and over with several recording devices pointed at him, sometimes fifty or more times a day
0oKL TIL Russia is opening a “Military Disneyland” that will allow guests to shoot military grade weapons and try out various military simulators.
yQEQV TIL only 8% of the world's currency exists in physical form. The rest exists only on a computer.
16AkD TIL that its actually 3 hours earlier in west usa then in east usa so when its 12pm in new york city its 9am in las angelas