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TIL by calculating the number of synapses and neurons, the human brain has been estimated to hold up to 2.5 petabytes of information

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woMxE TIL Frank Herbert’s Dune was rejected by twenty publishers, and was finally accepted by Chilton, which was primarily known for car repair manuals.
VM4V0 TIL that the city of Nice (France) has been firing a cannon shot everyday at noon since 1861, a tradition set by Scottish officer Thomas Coventry More who used the cannon shot to warn his wife he was coming for lunch.
4nnN TIL: In the original game Space Invaders, the game increasing speed as you killed aliens was due to the processor being able to render graphics faster as less aliens were on screen. This was an unintended “feature” they decided to keep as a gameplay mechanic.
R55kl TIL that in the 1920s, canned turtle soup was considered a delicacy in England and turtle riding was a major draw card in the 50s
Wl8B TIL an orangutan named Pony was used as a sex slave in a village in Borneo. She would automatically ‘assume the position’ whenever a man neared her. It took over a year for authorities to free her because she was a favorite of the locals who fought against her release.