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TIL “Scooby Doo’s” full name is “Scoobert Scooby Dooby Doo”

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XEGd6 TIL that bicameralism - the idea that humans once had two independent ‘entities’ in the brain - theorises that ‘gods’ were just voices heard by the ancient human, and religious rituals were just an attempt to hear the ‘gods’ again once modern consciousness evolved.
LQjoP TIL Nematodes (roundworms), are readily dispersed by wind and make up about one per cent of wind-drifted animals.
4BOg TIL Abraham Lincoln died with only $5 in his pocket. Ironic because he ended up on the $5 bill
4k80J TIL Irish rugby player Trevor Brennan received a lifetime ban (5 years on appeal) for attacking a fan in the stands after they accused him of watering-down pints in his pub.
9eo6 TIL the expiration date on bottled water is for the bottle, not the water.