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TIL AL-Jahiz, A Ethiopian Muslim suggested Evolution of New Species by Natural Selection in 776AD (150 AH), 1000 yrs before Darwin, in his "Book of the Animals"

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b6jEE TIL about HENRY DARGER (1892-1973) a reclusive hospital janitor and dishwasher who led a secret life as a prolific visual artist and epic novelist. His vast collection of creative work was discovered in 1972 when his two-room apartment in Chicago was cleared out shortly before he died.
GY9jQ TIL to understand a pun, the brain's left and right hemispheres have to work together due to the unique structure of the joke.
X9AQ TIL Venezuela has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia but produces less than a forth of what Saudi produces per year.
4Kgg TIL That the San Francisco 49ers’ running back Frank Gore scored a 6 on the Wonderlic Test. A score of 20 indicates average intelligence while a score of at least 10 is needed to be considered literate.
mxjQp TIL that the the concept of "zero" was invented by a 6th century Indian mathematician named Aryabhata. He also theorized on the relativity of motion, worked on the approximation of π, and correctly advocated an astronomical model in which the Earth turns on its own axis