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TIL that “sentience” means “the ability to feel” and does not mean “self aware”. “Sapience” is the ability to have complex thought. Therefore, it is probably true that all animals with a brain are sentient.

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XEGd6 TIL that bicameralism - the idea that humans once had two independent ‘entities’ in the brain - theorises that ‘gods’ were just voices heard by the ancient human, and religious rituals were just an attempt to hear the ‘gods’ again once modern consciousness evolved.
WkPVA TIL the Tarahuma of the Sierra Madre Occidental have a reputation as incredible long distance runners. From 1992 to 1998, 35 Tarahumas ran in 8 ultra-marathons in the US. Most finished in the top 10 with 4 outright wins and 2 course records.
Mebom TIL Apple’s smartphone wasn’t the first iPhone, the first was made by Cisco 22 days earlier. The Cisco “iPhone” was a VoIP device that allowed its customers to use Skype without a computer. The companies later settled the trademark lawsuit, with both keeping rights to the iPhone name.
nWKeG TIL: That Ikue Ōtani, the voice of Pikachu, voices the role in all languages which is unlike other Pokémon voice actors, where the actor is different in each country's anime dub. It is said that Pikachu's voice was kept consistent across languages so its name would be universal across the world.
Y7REP TIL, that the Congressional Apportionment Amendment is an unratified constitutional amendment still pending from 1789. It's the earliest of six unratified amendments. It would have mandated that the number of house representatives increase with population.