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TIL that Alzheimer’s disease is considered by some scientists to be Type 3 diabetes because it results from resistance to insulin in the brain.

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nWkG7 TIL That the human brain can generate enough electricity to light up a small LED bulb, although this electrical energy is not used to power the human body in a significant way. The electrical signals produced by the brain allow neurons to communicate with each other and can be measured using an
awkwb TIL from 1961 till 1972 women were prohibited to run marathons in US since officials thought woman’s uterus could fall out from long distance running
6yZQ TIL There is a project to put orange on indoor cats to easily distinguish indoor cats that have escaped vs outdoor cats.
wLxEJ TIL Tyrannosaurus Rex lived closer to the making of the movie Jurassic Park (1993) than they did to the existence of Stegosaurus.
E11ed Everything scientists know suggests that this little creature is immortal.