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TIL Guinness World Records aren't actual world records, you basically pay for the publicity to be in their book

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YyXv TIL in a recent survey, philosophy majors ranked ranked themselves higher in regards to innate talent than biochemists, statisticians and physicists.
NVXP TIL in Sweden fathers are eligible for 13 months of PAID leave for every child they have.
OGVN7 TIL That Not Everyone Has an Inner Monologue—or inner voice—that narrates your thoughts throughout the day
wLWaY TIL about Brainport, a technology that allows blind people to SEE using their tongue. The image picked by the camera is processed by a chip which converts it to electro-tactile impulses, sent to the brain through an electrode attached to the tongue
jw5a TIL: 8 million years ago, Venezuela was inhabited by guinea pigs the size of tables.