When you learn something new, the structure of your brain changes.

Ed. Note: There is a Big Bill Small joke in here.

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The locations of the world’s tallest and oldest trees are kept top secret to avoid tourist crowds damaging them.

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China produced the first known astronomical recordings of solar eclipses, inscribed in pieces of bone and shell called “oracle bones,” from around 1050 B.C. or earlier.

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One in five people in the world will be obese by 2025 if current trends continue, according to a 2016 study.

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In 2013, Los Angeles became the first major city in the world to install traffic lights that make automatic adjustments based on car flow, reducing travel time.

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5% of people have a biological disdain for music, called “musical anhedonia.”

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The average person spends 3 months of its lifetime sitting on the toilet.

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A 2009 search for the Loch Ness Monster came up empty. Scientists did find over 100,000 golf balls.

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