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TIL Hypnic jerks (that jolt you get that wakes you up just before you fall asleep) may well be left over from when we were tree-dwelling monkeys: the jerk reflex prevented us from falling asleep on an unsafe branch.

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oBLML TIL that Bennett Foddy, the man who developed the popular video games QWOP and Getting Over It, was the original bassist for the well known synth-pop band Cut Copy, before conducting postdoctoral research in moral philosophy at both Princeton University and Oxford University
gMbx4 TIL that in 1790, Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimal-based system for weight, length, and volume that predates the metric system. If it had been adopted, 1 mile would equal 10,000 ft, an inch would be divisible by 10, and 1 cubic foot would equal exactly 1,000 ounces.
7rweL TIL of Brian Shaffer, a man who disappeared after entering a bar in Columbus, OH in April, 2006. He was recorded on security cameras entering the bar, but never leaving the bar. He is still missing today.
rRdyy TIL Stomach growling happens when muscle contractions get going, and the gas and air pockets make a lot of noise to remind you to eat
GYeY7 TIL over 1.3 million Indian soldiers fought for the British in WW1