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TIL, although the narrator begins Moby Dick with the famous opening, "Call me Ishmael," he is not stating his actual name. Rather he is briefly representing his back story with that of Ishmael from the book of Genesis, who was the cast-out son of Abraham born to a slave woman named Hagar.

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W7vZY TIL that advances in single-cell metabolomics have made it possible to reprogram the fate of cells. By altering the metabolites in a cell, scientists can change an epidermal cell into a neural cell and vice versa, offering potential breakthroughs in regenerative medicine.
VBYVk TIL In 1952, during his stint in the Navy, Jimmy Carter was once lowered into a damaged nuclear reactor as part of the clean-up process. This resulted in him having measurable levels of radiation in his urine for about the next six months.
6klW TIL the Bowhead whale is by far the longest living mammal in the world and has been know to live up to 211 years. Some have even been found with the tips of ivory spears still lodged in their flesh from failed attempts by whalers of the 1800’s.
5ajn TIL Mr. Krabs is 73 years old.
VBRaB TIL there’s a term for the feeling of the pressure you feel in your ears when driving fast and only have rear windows down: The Helmholtz Resonance.