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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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l71KK TIL that in 1609, explorer Henry Hudson and his crew became the first Englishmen to visit Manhattan Island. The day? September 11.
Kwg4 TIL that Rupert Grint’s first ambition was to be an “Ice Cream Man” and bought an ice cream truck with his Harry Potter money
yQXjM TIL Men process other men's voices with the part of the brain that processes simple sounds such as car engines and machinery, but they process female voices with the part of the brain that process music
5G1D TIL that the Soviets found that sniper duties fit women well, since good snipers are patient, careful, deliberate, can avoid hand-to-hand combat, and need higher levels of aerobic conditioning than other troops.
lmB5 TIL The maned wolf is the largest canid of South America. It looks more like a long-legged fox than a wolf. Genetic studies show that it is neither fox nor true wolf, but a distinct species. It is the only member of its genus, Chrysocyon.