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TIL Clive Wearing, the man with a 7 second memory, has kept a journal for 20 years in which almost every entry is his first moment of consciousness

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VB174 TIL When It debuted in 1929, 7-Up soda contained lithium citrate, the compound now used by psychiatrist as mood stabilizer for people with bipolar disorder. It was initially marketed as Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime soda.
KY8Qw TIL that the shortest verse in the Bible is "Jesus wept" (John 11:35).
pxwZ TIL Your brain can actually create false memories and that some of those times when you believe yourself to be completely correct in something is a sign of this effect.
rRgLw TIL the USS Wake was the only American ship that surrendered in WWII to the Japanese, who then gave it to their puppet Chinese regime. It was then recaptured by the Americans after WWII, given to the Nationalist Chinese, and then captured by Communist China.
KYwaB TIL that 53 years ago from today was the first time data was sent through the internet. it was only the 2 digits "LO" because the network could not deal with so much information (AKA to complete the word "LOGIN") so it crushed after the first 2 digits.