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TIL the view popularized by Carl Sagan that the brain is layered, with an old reptilian structure at its core, is a widespread misconception in psychology

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BEoK TIL the reason that NORAD annually tracks Santa Claus’ journey from the North Pole is because Sears printed an ad to talk to Santa on his private line, with a wrong phone number that was actually CONAD’s top secret hotline that would only ring if there was a national crisis
XEpxX TIL that in 1937 Martin Goodman, the founder of Marvel Comics bought tickets on the Hindenburg to return from his honeymoon in Europe, but couldn't get seats together with his wife, so they took an airplane instead. Marvel Comics #1 came out two years later.
e08xn TIL The exclamation "Yee-haw" was invented by Hollywood. It may have come from the terms to lead a team of horses right (gee) and left (haw).
mDlE TIL it’s 1437 in the Islamic calendar, but their year is only 354 days long — meaning the Islamic year will eventually match our year on exactly May 1, 20874 AD
AZ0o TIL Przewalski’s horse is the only true wild horse left in the world, and that the other horses, such as the American Mustang, are actually feral horses.