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TIL Scientists cut the nerve pathways that disable the body during REM sleep in cats to see them act out their dreams

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dOQK TIL “i.e.” isn’t shorthand for “for example”, and actually means “in other words”. Whereas “e.g.” should be used to say “for example”
M7D0a TIL the most common World Series matchup not involving the New York Yankees is the Athletics and the Giants, who have met 4 times. Despite both currently playing in the San Francisco Bay area, three of those matchups were from when they played in Philadelphia and New York.
ADynw TIL that there is only one genus known to science in which the female has a well-defined organ that can be described as a penis. Neotrogla is a genus of barklice that consists of 4 species, all native to Brazil. Via penises, females drain males of seminal fluid when they are too young to reproduce.
j4Rv TIL that when filming the movie Titanic they only built the port side of the ship. Scenes showing the starboard side were flipped in post production. As a result of this everything on the starboard side of the ship, from lettering to the buttons on costumes, had to be backwards during filming.
NaOQ TIL that there was a popular myth in many middle eastern countries that Neil Armstrong had converted to Islam upon hearing the call to prayer on the moon, going as far to require the state department to issue a denial