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TIL that women have 16 percent less neocortical neurons than men

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YWov TIL Kanye West commissioned Zach Galifianakis to make an alternate music video of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” on a whim based on a connection through a personal trainer; the video is Zach riding farm equipment and lip synching.
9YPj7 TIL when the Northridge Earthquake caused a massive power outage in L.A. in 1994, panicked residents called 911 to express alarm about a strange ethereal light overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way Galaxy for the first time.
b6v17 TIL the human stomach opens to the body's right. Thus, if you have acid reflux, you should lie on your LEFT, never on your right or on your back.
J7LV TIL In captivity, a killer whale is usually confined to a small pool, where it spends much time at the surface and often has to swim in a circle. Consequently, the tissue in its dorsal fin doesn’t get much of a workout, and starts to atrophy (wastes away due to lack of use), and it falls over.
LkR1d TIL that the 2 countries that are ranked least democratic on the democracy index are named The Democratic Republic of the Congo and The Democratic People's Republic of Korea