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TIL MRI studies show that the teenage brain is not an old child brain or a half-baked adult brain; it is a unique entity characterized by changeability and an increase in networking among brain regions

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nBPW TIL that the Egyptian word for cat is Mau, and is pronounced ‘Meow’
X0eAR TIL in 1516 Germany passed the Reinheitsgebot law stating only water, barley and hops be used to make beer. This was due to sanitation reasons and because unscrupulous brewers sometimes added hallucinogenic plants to their brew.
loa9r TIL more than 50% of Earth is unmapped
6EWvY TIL about New Zealand's first tank, the Bob Semple tank. It used corrugated iron armor on a tractor base, with 6 machine guns as armament. After public ridicule, Bob Semple stood by his design, saying "I don’t see anyone else coming up with any better ideas."
WxA9 TIL Albert Einstein would appear to women in a silk bathrobe where it would “accidentally” pop open. He would then make a move depending on the woman’s reaction.[30:04]