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TIL a 2011 study showed schizophrenic patients perform significantly better at certain logical tasks than normal controls by utilizing intrinsic quantum-like logic.

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geRA TIL that certain Popeye’s locations in the South serve fried chicken livers. They aren’t the healthiest option - one serving of Popeye’s chicken livers contains a whopping 765mg of cholesterol. (For reference, eating a stick of butter would be 243mg of cholesterol.)
NJZM TIL of Pando, a grove of aspen trees in Utah that is actually a single organism with 40,000 stems (trunks). Some experts believe that Pando may be up to a million years old.
9Z76 TIL there’s a drug that treats the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, but remains unavailable to many due to it’s $300,000/year/patient price tag, making it one of the most expensive drugs in the world
Xn4R TIL that one of the seven wonders of the world, the Temple of Artemis, was burned down by an arson who wished to be famous for his crime. Following his execution, the Ancient Greeks made it an offence subject to the death penalty to mention his name.
b986j TIL that sperm whales can vocalize at 230 decibels, which is about 100 decibels more than a jet engine (from 100 feet away). The sound is so loud that, if close enough, it can paralyze or even kill a human by vibrating their body to death.