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TIL that wrinkles in the brain are an evolutionary trait - folds allow more brain matter to fit in the skull without increasing the skull's size.

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ek65 TIL that during the 1979 Grand Mosque Seizure of Mecca by Islamic Insurgent, a french special commando briefly converted to Islam in order to respect the rules forbidding non-muslims to enter the “holy city” and then intervene.
oBxLK TIL when It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown first aired, viewers responded to the famous "I got a rock" scene by sending Charles Schultz bags and boxes of candy from all over the world, "just for Charlie Brown".
VBlM0 TIL that the United States once had a $10,000 bill with Salmon P. Chase as the face, a former Chief Justice and Secretary of the Treasury.
yQPWa TIL that a woman tried to sue the Captain Crunch cereal company because she believed crunch berries were real fruit for 4 years before she found out they were just cereal.
4kBpJ TIL about Vinegar Valentine's. During the Victorian Era , people would send each other Valentine's that were mean-spirited and insulting to the other person