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TIL you have a ‘second brain’ embedded in the wall of your gut which controls digestion and has five times more neurons than a rat’s brain

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4G6o TIL that in 1913, Hitler, Freud, Tito, Stalin, and Trotsky all lived within 2 square miles of each other in Vienna
QOgM TIL the earliest person we know the name of is a Mesopotamian called Kushim who lived over 5000 years ago
6EJMQ TIL: The Blue Ringed Octopus is both venomous and poisonous thanks to the neurotoxin Tetrodotoxin
16rd7 TIL that Huey and Riley from Boondocks were voiced by the same woman, Regina King.
XEgej TIL Ancient Egyptians loved board games and a well-known Bronze Age game which was invented in Egypt 4,000 years ago had one player choose Hounds pegs the other Jackals pegs. Carved out of Ivory the game was found in Mesopotamia, Israel, Syria, Iran, Azerbaijan, Levant and the Mediterranean.