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TIL Brain activity appears to continue for around 10 minutes after people are dead, especially in the part that controls the memory.

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xgbg TIL there’s a day called “Ed Balls day”, celebrating when british politician Ed Balls accidentally entered his intended search term in the wrong box on Twitter, and ended up sending a tweet saying “Ed Balls”. On its anniversary, each 28 April, followers retweet his original message.
Wk0QX TIL of the Alexamenos graffito, a piece of Roman graffiti estimated to have been made c. 200 AD. It depicts a man worshiping a crucified, donkey-headed man, along with the phrase "Alexamenos worships [his] god". It is thought to be the oldest surviving depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus.
WXwd TIL: Professional porn censors in China get paid to watch over 150 pornographic DVDs each week, start to finish.
AXZn TIL That contrary to popular belief, serial killers generally do not have high IQs. The median IQ is 89 which is towards the lower end of average. The exception is killers who use bombs who have an average IQ of about 140.
VMjmp TIL that raising the drinking age to 21 significantly reduced the number of alcohol related traffic fatalities for people aged 16-20 in the U.S. by 64 percent, according to the NIH.