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TIL Apparently Easter Island's Heads Have Bodies

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OlpX TIL that the brain detects if your diet misses some important nutrients, and then makes you eat food that contains them.
vPNgx TIL that because of its strategic importance and impregnable position during the Napoleonic Wars, the Diamond Rock, off the coast of Martinique, was considered a warship by the British Admiralty, which conferred on it the title of HMS Diamond Rock, turning the rock into a stone frigate.
LjeV TIL in Connecticut in 1923, you could be fined or imprisoned for observing Daylight Saving Time
a74J TIL that if a Lion fights a Tiger, experts believe “the tiger will always win.”
0d98y TIL - ENYA has never gone on a concert tour or even performed a solo concert, despite being Ireland’s best-selling solo artist and 2nd overall behind U2.