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TIL that “Weird Al” Yankovic was able to hold the note at the end of the Spy Hard theme song without needing to loop it.

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B4Xk TIL the city of New York will pay for a one-way plane ticket for any homeless person if they have a guaranteed place to stay
6EGnJ TIL scientists now use a non-invasive technique on old scrolls called Virtual Unwrapping - a process of scanning an ancient document and making a 3D computerized version of it, complete with text
OGMPY TIL there are only two U.S. mass school shooters from the past century who are alive and not incarcerated. That's because they were 11 and 13 at the time of the crime.
ADNWa The human brain looks like a big, pinkish-gray, wrinkly walnut. There are so many folds in it that, if it could be unfolded, it could be a small tablecloth. Pinkish-gray might not match your decor, but it would be about the right size! This "tablecloth" is made up of the cerebral cortex and is the wrinkly outside layer of your brain. All those folds are responsible for abstract thought, language, and memory. Scientists believe the wrinkles exist as a way to increase the surface area of the cortex, allowing for increased brainpower in a smaller space. In this week’s Today I Learned, neuroscientist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Steve Ramirez shares some of his smarts on how your cortex is different from your pet hamster’s.
GlN5 TIL that wild bananas have seeds, and the ones we commonly find in supermarkets are sterile clones of a mutant banana plant found in 1836.