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TIL that our brains use a method called chunking to group random information into meaningful parts, making it easier to understand and recall. This helps us read jumbled text and manage tasks more efficiently.

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DYJr TIL that Saddam Hussein, while held captive by US forces, was repeatedly forced to watch “South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut”, which shows him as gay, as well as the boyfriend of Satan
j6yEM TIL about NH 96566-KN The First Computer Bug, a moth found in a computer, 1947
rRGD4 TIL that rats have been used to locate over 100k landmines and explosives. They're effective because they're too light to trip the mines.
BgVgb TIL The Persians had ancient refrigerators called "yakhchals" to preserve the ice and keep it cold underground until the summer, the yakhchal also had a ventilation system that allowed the cold air to enter and the warm air to escape, keeping the temperature inside low.
p87ye TIL by 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert.