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TIL that methamphetamine improves snails’ long-term memories and also prevents them from forgetting already learned ones.

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edk6 TIL that Crassus, a Roman general and also one of the richest men in history, used to purchase buildings on fire for a very low price and then put the fires out with his trained army of 500 slaves and rebuild them. If the owners refused to sell their property, he would not engage in firefighting.
OoD1e TIL that AMC counted 942 cigarettes were smoked on the entire Mad Men TV-Series. You would see someone smoking at least every 5 minutes in each episode.
vP0ZK TIL that Georg Elser tried to stop Hitler five years before Stauffenberg
YKbB TIL The singing voices of Homer, Apu, Barney, and Skinner in The Simpsons episode “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” were provided by Disneyland’s The Dapper Dans
OG9ER TIL Your brain alone burns 400-500 calories each day