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TIL There are more patterns of connections between neurons in your brain than there are sub-atomic particles in the universe, by a substantial margin

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gMmN4 TIL under Director J. Edgar Hoover, FBI agents were directed to seize all pornographic materials uncovered in their investigations and forward them to Hoover personally. He reportedly used them for his own titillation and as blackmail.
OOJe TIL A man changed his name by deed poll to match his misprinted airline ticket as it was cheaper than paying the airline’s admin fee.
nevQB TIL Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was drugged and controlled for years by his live-in therapist, who kept him under constant supervision and profited from the rights to Wilson's work.
kKBE TIL McDonalds considered changing their logo in the 60’s until a psychologist advised against it, because the golden arches carried the “Freudian symbolism of a pair of nourishing breasts.”
RWGl TIL America could potentially have discovered the Higgs Boson a decade before CERN but funding was cut on the collider resulting in the most expensive hole in the ground in the world.