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TIL: A newly discovered species of gecko has tearaway skin that leaves predators with nothing but a mouthful of scales when attacked.

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wlpJ TIL that the average worker in the US would have to work 50% more hours to afford a home than a worker in 1950.
vPjgR TIL Tomoaki Hamatsu participated in the show "Susunu! Denpa Shōnen" where he was locked up for 335 days, he had to survive by winning things in the lottery and at the same time he started in a practically empty room and naked
VOR8 TIL Obsidian (volcanic glass) scalpels are used for surgery because they are sharper than high-quality surgical steel. The blade is just 3 nm thick while DNA is 2 nm thick.
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