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TIL Kellogg’s Raisin Brain has more sugar than Frosted Flakes

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M7ABB TIL The factoid "the brain doesn't finish developing until 25" is an extremely misleading summary of a complex phenomena
Br9ax TIL "Second Breakfast" is not just a LOTR meme, and is in fact tradition in many countries
gMNNA TIL Stoicism had a profound impact on Christianity, with some of the central concepts of Stoicism still being used in religious texts today, such as "virtue", "Spirit" and "conscience". Stoicism also invented the idea that sex is just within marriage, for unitive and procreative purposes only.
kJ5Gg TIL Roland Ratzenberger died in a F1 crash in 1994 measured at 500g—the highest g-force for a crash in F1. However, the very same weekend Ayrton Senna died and his death was overshadowed.
yVloM TIL that piston-engined aircraft still add lead to their fuel. In a deliberate attempt at lessening the perceived impact, high lead is called "low leaded fuel," and leaded fuel is called "very low leaded fuel" despite there being no safe upper limit for lead additives in fuel