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TIL that cooking food allowed the human brain to develop and become the most advanced among all species. It allowed the food to releases more nutrients and hence allowed to meet the brain metabolic demand and even thrive. Gorillas spent 80% of their time eating although they have 1/3 of our neurons.

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awQ99 TIL that a Scottish lady, Joy Milne, is able to detect Parkinsons' prior to formal diagnosis and has helped scientists understand the development of the disease
Lvld TIL The first Japanese immigrant to the United States was known as The Wine King, and ran one of the most successful vineyards in Northern California, before his family lost it all when they were imprisoned in camps for years (interned) during WWII.
KYOn9 TIL after he was fired from his job as embassador, tortured and banished to his farm estate, N.Machiavelli would return home at night, change the dirty clothes he wore for field work and put on his ambassador outfit, just to study in his office, alone, due to how much he missed his job
9Y4QX TIL about Saturators. Saturators were popular in communist Russia. They would dispense sodas, water, carbonated juices, etc. However instead of cans, the drink was dispensed into a reusable glass tied to a chain which you had to wash before each use.
Ypdn7 TIL that in the 2008 United States Senate Election in Montana, the incumbent Democratic Senator Max Baucus won every county in the state, perhaps due to his Republican opponent's unothadox political views, being perhaps the only Republican candidate that year who was more liberal than his opponent