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TIL Dana Carvey had heart-bypass that was done incorrectly. He was awarded $7.5 million for medical malpractice which he donated entirely to charity.

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A1B4 TIL that humans empathetically experience pain when they see someone of the same race experience pain, but not someone of another race. All races felt pain when shown a “violet” person experiencing pain suggesting that lack of empathy for other races is learned and not innate.
loQDN TIL that your nose only breathes using one nostril at a time, and that the nostril in use switches every few hours. This "nasal cycle" is dictated by the same system that regulates heart rate and other unconscious bodily functions and is the reason why only one nostril gets stuffy at a time.
b6rOQ TIL that different pasta colors taste differnt.
yQVQa TIL that nomadic families owning less than 100 animals in Mongolia are considered to live in poverty
d8p68 TIL: Alpha Centauri ( α Cen) is the closest star system to Earth's Solar System at about 4.37 light-years or 25,600,000,000,000 miles (40,130,000,000,000 km) away from from the Sun. The flight to Alpha Centauri with the speed of Apollo 11 will take us over 100,000 years to complete.