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TIL; 1 out of every 50 people in the US has an unruptured brain aneurysm.

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X0Zk8 TIL the Labord’s Chameleon of Madagascar has an average lifespan of 4-5 months. This is shorter than the time it takes to develop as an embryo (8-9 months)
wj4E TIL David Cope created a piece of software called Emily Howell, which could analyze sheet music of an artist and then write songs in the artist’s style. When professional musicians and reviewers were asked which song was written by Beethoven and which by Emily, most were unsure or wrong.
X5rD TIL We actually live about 80 milliseconds in the past because that’s how long it takes our brains to process information.
0wwZR TIL before the electric telegraph, there was a system called the semaphore telegraph, where signals were communicated visually using a network of towers topped with pivoting blades and paddles that could be rearranged to indicate different symbols
J1Yll TIL that before 1986 professional athletes were not allow to compete at the Olympic Games.