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TIL that Mexico's official name is Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States)

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wo0Go TIL that the animal with the least amount of neurons in their brain are Sponges with 0 neurons, and the animal with the most are Elephants with 257 billion neurons. Humans average at around 100 billion neurons.
E1YWx TIL In 2000, when several planets happened to be close to one another, astrologers predicted that there would be catastrophes, volcanic eruptions and tidal waves. This caused an entire sea-side village to panic and abandon their houses. Nothing predicted happened and their houses were burgled
lo1RK TIL At Applebee’s, almost no actual cooking is done: premade food in plastic baggies is heated in microwaves and dumped onto plates.
Xw7j TIL kids who try to act cool in their early teens are more likely to have alcohol and relationship problems later in life.
VjJk TIL indigenous peoples in Mexico and California use base-8 number systems because they count using the spaces between their fingers rather than the fingers themselves.