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TIL by dry weight, the human brain is nearly 60% fat. And of that 10-20% is DHA (omega-3).

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W7yY4 TIL John Steinbeck spent two months rewriting 'Of Mice and Men' after his dog ate the only copy of the original manuscript.
awLLN TIL that a American Airlines DC-10 in 1972 had it's cargo door ripped off and caused the floor of the plane to collapse. The crew guided the plane to safety.
rNWe1 TIL that the Utah state bird is the seagull (Larus californicus). This is because seagulls saved the people of Utah by eating up crickets that were destroying crops in 1848.
5aD8 TIL that Vatican’s chief astronomer, Fr. George Coyne said, “Intelligent design isn’t science even though it pretends to be. If you want to teach it in schools, intelligent design should be taught when religion or cultural history is taught, not science.”
pPN4 TIL President Reagan was due to the deliver the State of the Union address the evening of the Challenger Disaster. Instead, he postponed the speech a week and delivered this tribute to the Challenger crew to the nation. It’s been listed as one of the most significant speeches of the 20th century.