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TIL that beyond the whole ‘left brain / right brain’ thing and 'the subconscious,’ humans appear to literally have TWO 'competing’ brains in one – one that can speak and one that can’t.

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rR1v1 TIL that a small town in West Virginia asked the Soviet Union and East Germany for help with replacing a bridge after being ignored by the West Virginian goverment. The Soviets sent a journalist to investigate and within one hour the state finally agreed to pay for it.
Qnnp TIL Winston Churchill once said “You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing—after they have tried everything else.”
kObM7 TIL that in 1933 Harry Gaines created the first comic book by putting together an 8 page magazine reprinting comic strips as a promotional item for Procter & Gamble
xVZZw TIL: An artist active in Grenada mounted dozens of realistic statues underwater to provide "habitat for filter-feeding organisms." The submerged sculpture garden Jason de Caires Taylor built gets visits from divers and tourists in clear-bottomed boats as well as tropical fish.
gmWD TIL the old Scottish word for “clitoris” is “tickleygiblet”