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TIL that firstborn children outperform their younger siblings on cognitive tests

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081A TIL that an Indonesian toddler Aldi Rizal has quit the habit of smoking 40 cigarettes a day but has now got addicted to junk food. He started smoking when he was just 18 months old.
ymdJ TIL that Cuttlefish are one of the only animals besides humans to go into REM sleep. Not only that, but they flash random colors as they do it.
x6e5g TIL about SubTropolis, a giant former limestone mine under Kansas City that was converted into the world’s largest underground business complex. The 1,100-acre complex is accessed through tunnels, and as of 2015, 1,600 people worked there.
ADOBd TIL Doritos were created at Disneyland to recycle old tortillas that had been discarded.
y9N8 TIL that beyond the whole ‘left brain / right brain’ thing and 'the subconscious,’ humans appear to literally have TWO 'competing’ brains in one – one that can speak and one that can’t.