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TIL 1 in 50 Americans have an unruptured brain aneurysm.

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m1NJY TIL that French General Philippe Petain in 1916 was called from a hotel room where he was spending the night with a Miss Hardon, to take charge of the Battle of Verdun.
R58R9 TIL a student in Brown University, between the years 2003-2008, changed the name of the posterior bundle into his name (Baum's loop). This information was subsequently taught and referenced worldwide and was even included in Gray's Anatomy.
NDEb TIL that Paris is exclusively a twin city of Rome and vise versa. They have the motto “Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris.”
bGKN TIL a Russian mathematician solved a 100 year old math problem. He declined the Fields medal, $1 million in awards, and later retired from math because he hated the recognition the math community gives to people who prove things
YpDoA TIL in 2016 New Zealand announced its plan to eliminate rats, possums, and stoats in the whole country by 2050 to protect the country's endangered flightless birds including kakapos.