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TIL that filmmakers and prop creators don't actually do their research

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keXE TIL that the building of the Erie Canal is largely considered to be the deciding factor that made NYC the biggest city on the east coast, and not Philadelphia
lopgN TIL that flies, particularly fruit flies, are more attracted to vinegar.
p8p7G TIL about Split-Brain-Patients, who have their brain hemispheres disconnected. While those "do not show any significant difference in function" from healthy persons, you can prove with specific experiments that there are two brains working independently without recognizing each other
WwB4 TIL that psychologist B. F. Skinner got pigeons to repeat strange “rituals” by dropping food into their cage at random intervals – the birds associated their actions before the treats with reward, and demonstrated superstitious repetition of those actions
e1e5 TIL That In 2011, the United Nations declared that access to the Internet is a basic human right.