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TIL in 1974, scientists discovered a completely preserved 2,400-year-old human brain in York, UK. Known as the Heslington Brain, it survived due to unique soil conditions and remains the oldest preserved human brain ever found.

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ZPlv TIL that former US Secretary of State, political scientist and Nobel prize winner Henry Kissinger quoted saying “Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.” He never denied saying that.
b1eE TIL An American Airforce Sergeant found a dead General while he was on his way to work at area 25, a nuclear test area in Nevada. It turns out the General had ejected while flying a captured Russian Mig at Mach 2. The force of the air at that speed instantly snapped his neck and killed him.
GAlbg TIL This Alkaline African Lake Turns Animals into Stone
nbNW TIL the Olsen twins are not identical twins, but rather fraternal twins who look identical
b6RBp TIL of Jean Moulin, who lost his life uniting anti-Nazi resistance, setting the stage for the Fourth Republic