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TIL that since 2009, Iceland had a financial crisis: through the power if referendum, they ousted the local gov’t, declared they were not going to repay the banker’s loans, jailed those responsible, and wrote a new constitution without an political parties. (Democracy, you’re doing it right)

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OorG4 TIL: Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter entitled "Fart Proudly" as a response to the Royal Academy of Brussels calls for serious scientific papers.
Zpexv TIL that, in a resting state, the brain consumes about 20% of the body's energy. The sight and hearing parts of the brain consume far more energy than parts used for smell and memory. Also, white matter only uses 20-25% of energy as gray matter.
grYk8 TIL a 35-yr-old man found an age-progression image of himself on a missing children's site in 2010. Though he knew he was adopted, this would lead to him discovering that his mom had kidnapped him from his dad when he was an infant 34 years earlier.
4XY7o TIL despite being the most famous member of Fleetwood Mac Stevie Nicks didn’t join until 8 years after the it was founded & was only invited because her boyfriend/songwriting partner Lindsey Buckingham refused to become the new guitarist unless they brought her onboard as a “package deal”
M6G0 TIL A woman had her DUI dismissed after she presented a judge with evidence of her ‘Auto-brewery syndrome’. A rare condition in which the gut ferments carbohydrates, producing the ethanol that gets them drunk.