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TIL there is gold in our brains and throughout our nervous systems, and without it, human beings might not exist. The gold in the human body, less than the weight of a single eyelash, is critical for rapid electrical signaling and brain function.

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d5QB TIL the King of Morocco, Hassan II grabbed the radio during an assassination attempt and told the rebel pilots who were firing at Hassan’s Boeing 727; “Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!” Which made the assassins break off their attack.
VMZJ8 TIL that the most expensive new car ever sold is the Bugatti La Voiture Noire in 2019, which was sold at $18.7 million and its pretax price stands at €11 million or $12.3 million
M7Xom TIL about the Bajau people, a sea fairing Austronesian group who have evolved bigger spleens, letting them store more haemoglobin-rich blood, which is expelled into the bloodstream when the spleen contracts at depth. They also intentionally rupture their eardrums.
E1Dn0 TIL that people who are prone to staying up past midnight and sleeping in til the afternoon could possibly have a circadian rhythm dysfunction known as Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder.
v1PBB TIL The isolated territory in France called ‘Zone Rouge’ is estimated to take no fewer than 700 years to completely clean due to shells, chemicals, remains, and other waste from World War 1.