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TIL 30% of people start eating a candy cane on the curved end.

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rRPYx TIL scientists are now taking stem cells and growing "mini-brains" which mimic the neural activity of a preterm infant. The so-called organoids are not yet capable of complex thought - but could soon be used for medical research and one day lessen the need for human and animal research subjects.
1a9nW TIL that in the 1950s, Denmark conducted a social experiment and abducted 22 Greenlandic Intuit children, assimilating them into Danish culture. More than half died before reaching adulthood.
YpylP TIL That the word ‘Corgi’ comes from the welsh word cor meaning dwarf and ci which means dog
xpG0 TIL it took 40 minutes for Supercomputer K to simulate just 1 second’s worth of 1% of the activity of the human brain.
R7now TIL in 2015, Yamaha had its musical instrument designers and motorcycle designers switch jobs for an exhibition. The instrument designers designed a bicycle and a motorcycle, and the motorcycle designers designed a marimba and a drum set.