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TIL Texas has it’s own dialect of German, and it’s going extinct

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R7MX7 TIL that when a decapitated flatworm regrows its head, it gets all its old memories back too.
0wpON TIL the September 11 terror attacks on the WTC released a dust cloud of toxic asbestos fibers across Manhattan, with an estimated 410,000 people exposed. It is believed lung cancer and mesothelioma cases in the city will reach a peak in the year 2041 (four decades after 9/11)
eyZb TIL the United States is second behind China in the consumption of illegal animal products like ivory, rhinoceros horn and tiger blood
8e1aL TIL that in Papua New Guinea, there's a tribe where members cut their skin to resemble crocodiles. Young men cut their back, shoulder, and upper torso as part of an initiation. Once healed, the wounds resemble crocodile scales, symbolizing their transition from boyhood to manhood.
Pdgw TIL There is a service called ‘Cleaning for a Reason’ that cleans the houses of cancer patients for free so they can focus on their health