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TIL shadows on the moon are much darker than shadows on the Earth due to the lack of atmosphere scattering the sunlight.

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rN1rW TIL glutamate accumulation in the prefrontal cortex during demanding tasks was linked to cognitive fatigue.
4X9dN TIL Long-eared hedgehogs are nocturnal mammals native to the arid deserts and steppes of Egypt through to Central Asia, where they typically live in burrows. Their ears are much larger than those of other species of hedgehogs and are considered an adaptation for heat radiation in desert climates.
GYQaN TIL: There was a case of British conjoined twins. If not separated, they’d both die in months. If separation was successful, the healthier twin would survive but the surgery would kill the other. The parents refused consent, but a court overruled them, the surgery killed one twin to save the other.
a8r09 TIL the painting American Gothic is not a portray of a husband and wife, but a farmer standing beside his unmarried daughter.
M9jB TIL In 1991 two artists paid $26 million to install thousands of umbrellas along the California highway, one of the umbrellas was toppled by high winds, killing one woman and injuring several others. The exhibit was ordered closed and another person died during the removal of the umbrellas.