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TIL that the feeling that time passes faster as you age is actually a thing, and it happens because of the pace of new memories your brain records

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R5x58 TIL learned that the first basketball slam dunk was performed in 1936 at Madison Square Garden by Joe Fortenberry.
nWoAo TIL that Isaac Newton became a member of Parliament but only spoke once, telling someone to close the window.
4kLP6 TIL Neolithic houses had doorways on the roof.
PYVvZ TIL when Ray Davies of The Kinks took his first driving test, he ran a woman over. When he got out to help her, he forgot to put the handbrake on and the car rolled over her shopping.
PY6vJ TIL despite the stereotype linking them to Switzerland, Cuckoo Clocks were actually invented and popularised in Germany