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TIL that a split-brain patient can have two minds in one body

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VVEm TIL the human brain has shrunk by about the size of a tennis ball in the last 20,000 years
BDax TIL that there are still two McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S. that serve Pizza. One is in Pomeroy, Ohio, and the other is in Spencer, West Virginia.
Y1aZ TIL that scientists recently discovered giant viruses (as big as 1 μm in length), named Pandoraviruses. Because more than 93% of their genes resemble nothing known and their origin cannot be traced back to any known cellular lineage, scientists suggest the existence of a 4th domain of life
v1BD7 TIL President Diouf began an anti-AIDS program in Senegal, before the virus was able to take off. He used media and schools to promote safe-sex messages and required prostitutes to be registered. While AIDS was decimating much of Africa, the infection rate for Senegal stayed below 2 percent
XJR8 TIL the FBI has a “point-and-click” system for tapping phones called DCSNet. It has the ability to intercept wire-line phones, cellular phones, SMS and push-to-talk systems and it’s details were revealed after the a lawsuit was filed by the EFF.