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TiL taking less photographs help you remember the places you been to

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E1vJW TIL: Einstein reportedly didn't want his brain studied post-mortem; nonetheless, the autopsy doctor took the brain without family permission. It took around 20 years for the public to learn just how much of the "specimen" remained with that doctor.
XEYok TIL that United States has the highest amount of Nobel Prize winners of any country. Most of the winners are in fields of science, particularly physics
Z8WdB TIL rats can go two weeks without water, longer than camels (3-5 days)!
9kk7 TIL you could swim in a spent nuclear fuel pool without being harmed
b7jE TIL that a British sharpshooter nearly killed an unaware George Washington before the Battle of Brandywine, but the shooter decided against it because Washington’s back was turned.