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TIL that cockroaches represent rebirth and resistance as a spirit animal.

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VMa0G TIL in 2008, researchers at Toronto Western Hospital were conducting experimental deep brain stimulation for obesity treatment & discovered that it caused vivid memory flashbacks, which led to their method being used in a Phase 3 trial for Alzheimer's disease
AZX7 TIL a pastor of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands who is a priest for over 30 years is known as the atheist pastor because he doesn’t believe in God.
jNxvj TIL In 1915 Closing and Opening times in pubs had to be implemented to stop factory workers showing up to work drunk and harming the war effort
m1NOY Today I Learned that Switzerland only officially joined the United Nations in 2002 after being an observer for nearly 55 years. They are the only country to have decided by popular vote.
d8l6Z TIL: Potato bugs are legitimately called "Jerusalem Crickets" but despite their common names, these insects are neither true crickets nor true bugs, nor are they native to Jerusalem.