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TIL it’s believed that babies see the world upside down for the first few days while their brains learn how to flip the image received by the brain to be right side up.

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NyEJ TIL guns are found in carry-ons at US airports five times a day.
eXVb TIL The Gutians were a pale & blond people from modern Iran who conquered the Akkadian Empire and briefly conquered the Sumerian Empire before disappearing from records in 2050 BC. Historians believe they might have been part of a recent wave of Indo-European migration into the Middle-East
xVwp7 TIL Michael Caine’s birth name was Maurice Mickelwhite, and his first stage name was Michael Scott
vPaLB TIL that Tesla once allowed a Boombox feature to be active while a car was driving. This allows drivers to play sounds like farts and goat noises outside the vehicle. However, it was forced to be disabled as the sounds could drown out pedestrian warning noises required in every electric/hybrid car.
loRbG TIL When Anne Hathaway first met with Christopher Nolan about being in The Dark Knight Rise she thought she it was for the role of Harley Quinn and wore a Quinn-like outfit and acted like her so Nolan would see her in the role. When Nolan told her in was Catwoman her entire attitude changed.