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TIL that human brains are specialized for face recognition while chimp brains are specialized for butt recognition.

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5VKrr TIL numerical contractions are words abbreviated by the number of letters between the first and last letter such as i18n, a11y, p13n, k8s, etc.
xjAB TIL That ants wage war in remarkably similar way to humans.
WXO4 TIL there is a private apartment complex in London that has been occupied by many famous people and is only rarely available to rent, and only through high social standing
GV0G TIL 85 percent of Belarusian children are deemed to be Chernobyl victims: they carry “genetic markers” that could affect their health at any time and can be passed on to the next generation
9wlpp TIL in 2001, Disneyland tried to re-theme their aging "Submarine Voyage" attraction around Atlantis: The Lost Empire, but the movie flopped. They tried again with Treasure Planet, but that was a flop too. They finally succeeded with Finding Nemo in 2005.