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TIL the inspiration for the novel Fight Club came to Chuck Palahniuk after he got in a fight on vacation. When he returned back to work none of his coworkers would ask what happened.

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4kOJ TIL that left handed persons are significantly more likely to suffer from autism and schizorphrenia while at the same time being much more likely to have an IQ over 131 and being more proficient at math than their right handed counterparts.
WkM9d TIL when the first chimp was launched into space, the button he was trained to press to receive a treat malfunctioned & he received electric shock after electric shock. “I never seen such terror on a chimp’s face,” said his trainer on his return.
wLe1Y TIL that Bermuda had no indigenous population at the time of its discovery, and there is no evidence of any people having lived there before the British settled in 1609, effectively making the British the first people to ever establish a human population on the island
DQQWj TIL King John of England deposited the crown jewels with the Knights Templar in London when he was in trouble before the Magna Carta. They were providing the world’s first international banking company.
JAl1 TIL that the sun does not rotate as a solid body but that the equator rotates faster than the poles