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TIL Sleep literally cleans your brain. During slumber, more cerebrospinal fluid flushes through the brain to wash away harmful proteins and toxins that build up during the day.

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R7mE9 TIL Clint Robertson, the good-ol'-boy contractor from Boise Boys, has a law degree, a business degree and was a contestant on The Apprentice
nWJ9r TIL that until September 2021, Family Guy's Cleveland Brown was voiced by Mike Henry. He chose to step down from the role in 2020 and was replaced by Arif Zahir
9YOLM TIL that in the US the Rod of Asclepius, symbol of the deity associated with healing and medicine, is often confused with the staff of the god Hermes, the caduceus.
wLYl1 TIL that the U.S briefly banned sliced bread in 1943. During this time, a letter appeared in The New York Times from a distraught housewife saying, in part: "I should like to let you know how important sliced bread is to the morale and saneness of a household."
X0AAD TIL there's a people and a language called Anāl