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TIL that figs are carnivorous
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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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TIL Shoichi Yokoi was among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of WW2 in 1945, discovered in the jungles of Guam in January 1972, almost 28 years after US forces had regained control of the island in 1944.
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TIL- during the Krakatoa eruptions and resulting tsunamis, a javanese lighthouse keeper refused to leave his post, survived after the lighthouse collapsed, lost his wife and child, and built a makeshift light just a few hours afterward so that ships wouldn't run aground.
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TIL in 1978, when John Carpenter screened the final cut of "Halloween" without the sound effects/music to an executive from 20th Century Fox, the executive wasn’t scared at all. Carpenter was then determined to “save it with music” and composed the film’s famous score in just three days.
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TIL the full name of the dictator of Zaire (now D.R. Congo) was Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga, which translates to "The all-powerful warrior who, because of his endurance and inflexible will to win, goes from conquest to conquest, leaving fire in his wake."