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TIL that the brain is more active while asleep than it is awake. The brain while awake averages 40-60 observations per second, while the subconscious brain averages 11 million!

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Znaa TIL that there is a fungus that digests waste products and produces diesel-like chemicals when provoked. It was found in the Patagonian rainforest by a scientist who believes this could become a renewable source of energy and change our understanding on what oil really is.
1aeVW TIL that the poem to remember the days of the month "Thirty days has September", taught to children to this day, is actually at least a 600-year-old poem, with the earliest known published forms written in Old English and Latin, from 1425 and 1488, respectively.
69LvY TIL that James Capone, Al Capone's older brother, was a lawman who fought liquor dealers during Prohibition and arrested about twenty murderers. He later became a justice of the peace, changing his name to Richard James “Two Gun” Hart to distance himself from his infamous family.
nMeb TIL in 2010 large tombs were found near the Great Pyramids containing the “slaves” that built them, suggesting they were actually highly honored, paid laborers
GAnlQ TIL Camels first originated in North America