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TIL: Your brain will shrink if you have children!

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epRaD TIL 46 U.S. states allow you to use any name you want whenever you want as long as there is no fraud intended. Your consistent use of a preferred name is expected to build up unofficial records showing it. Changing your name through a court is only needed to force institutions to recognize a change.
Lk8op TIL that the 20th Century Fox logo has a hidden sync mark. The flash in the bottom right at 0:11 lines up with the last beat before the finale. Editors & mixers use that to make sure the audio & picture are in sync.
KYv9w TIL that humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within only 2 to 3 months of having it surgically shortened.
WkV6X TIL 50 Cent challenged Floyd Mayweather to read one full page of a 'Harry Potter' book out loud without starting and stopping or messing up. If Floyd Mayweather accomplished this, 50 Cent agreed to donate $750,000 to a charity of Mayweather’s choice. Floyd Mayweather ultimately declined the offer.
gMLRD TIL 71 new species were discovered in 2019. Among them are the gorgeous looking cat-eyed cardinalfish & a fish called Wakanda. There have been 1,375 new species discovered since 2010!