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TIL about split brain theory, which explains that a person's brain hemispheres cannot share information with each other if the corpus callosum is severed.

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0ybR TIL that when Roy Horn, of Zigfried and Roy, was “attacked” by the white tiger Montecore, it was because Roy had suffered a stroke on stage and Montecore responded by picking him up to move him out of the way, severing an artery in the process.
mGPE TIL that every winter at a research station in the South Pole, 50 people are left totally isolated for 8 months. An annual tradition for the personnel is the back to back watching of the 3 “The Thing” films after the last plane has left for the winter
gMmZL TIL in Japan, establishments like banks & convenience stores visibly keep baseball-sized orange orbs behind the counter. These “anticrime color balls” are filled with bright pigment that burst on impact & are for employees to lob at robbers (or getaway vehicles) to improve the chance of arrest.
GLZE TIL the industrial band Ministry named their third album “The Land of Rape and Honey.” Which is the actual town motto for the rural town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan. An agricultural town known for honey and rapeseed production.
DQ1Ee TIL that in 1965, the painter Roman Opałka had the idea of representing the passing of time by painting numbers: he painted a 1, then a 2, then a 3, etc, and continued for the rest of his life. The last number he painted before he died in 2011 was 5607249.