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TIL that ‘saddam hussein’ is a golf term meaning to go from bunker to bunker

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KDp6 TIL that the assassin order in the Assassin’s Creed video game series was actually based on a real order of assassins that existed in Persia and Syria from the 11th-13th century.
ADNWa The human brain looks like a big, pinkish-gray, wrinkly walnut. There are so many folds in it that, if it could be unfolded, it could be a small tablecloth. Pinkish-gray might not match your decor, but it would be about the right size! This "tablecloth" is made up of the cerebral cortex and is the wrinkly outside layer of your brain. All those folds are responsible for abstract thought, language, and memory. Scientists believe the wrinkles exist as a way to increase the surface area of the cortex, allowing for increased brainpower in a smaller space. In this week’s Today I Learned, neuroscientist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Steve Ramirez shares some of his smarts on how your cortex is different from your pet hamster’s.
ZpJ8Y TIL the Australian constitution technically allows for the disenfranchisement of voters based on race
yVQ5M TIL that there is a large piece of a civil war cannon in the attic of 9 East Battery, Charleston, USA. It landed there when retreating confederates blew up a cannon and it was too heavy to remove.
EgJbd TIL primates are the only animals that get a rash from poison ivy.