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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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mxJyy TIL in 1930, Spain printed a series of postage stamps featuring Goya's "Naked Maja" painting. The United States refused all mail sent with this stamp.
0L6p TIL that AT&T held an absolute monopoly on all telephone service in the United States for 100 years until it was broken up in 1984 due to anti-trust regulations. Most cell phone companies today are descendants of AT&T including Verizon and AT&T (formerly Southwestern Bell).
Oobm6 TIL that the reason why dogs and cats are unable to ingest chocolate is because it contains something called theobromine, which can’t broken down in their livers as fast - it causes various dangerous symptoms to them
n0lG TIL in Pakistan and India smoking scorpions to get high is a growing trend. The high lasts about 10 hours, with the first 6 being quite painful. Addicts of scorpion smoking describe it as more addictive than heroin, saying the hallucinations make “Everything appears like it is dancing.”
GYp64 TIL Disney's Tangled is the 10th most expensive movie ever made, beating Avatar by over 20M dollars