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TIL the Chinese invented toilet paper.
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TIL smell is the only sense that isn’t processed by the thalamus (sensory integration center of the brain); instead, smell is directly processed in the primary olfactory cortex without us consciously registering them, which is why odors can bring back memories without us understanding why.
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TIL about Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, a Superbowl-winning NFL player and MD who sat out the 2020 season to work in a long-term care home
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TIL the only photos taken at the moment Robert Kennedy was shot were seized by the LAPD, ordered sealed for 20 years, and when finally set to be released were stolen from the car of the courier transporting them
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TIL that because the Western European medieval monastic day began at 6 am, the word “noon” originally referred to “3 pm” and is derived from the Latin “nona hora” (“ninth hour”). During the 12th-14th centuries, its meaning in English shifted to “midday” and the time gradually moved back to 12 pm.
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TIL When Andrew W.K. was 17, he wrote a love song for a crush, earning him a juvenile restraining order.