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TIL that one species of jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, is almost immortal. It can revert its life cycle by reprogramming its cells.

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epNZE TIL that Canadian law mandates that 35% of radio and 55% of television broadcasts must “at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada.”
lZDA TIL a 16 year old boy died after masturbating 42 times in one night
BrO7x TIL that Pacific Bell spent $40 million to put its employees through a training program based on the teachings of Russian mystic George Gurdjieff—to supposedly open their eyes to a "higher-level" consciousness. The program was halted after the Californian utility regulator launched a public inquiry.
wL8Q7 TIL in the UK for at least 300 years there was a dog bred to aid in the kitchen by walking inside of a wheel, called the Turnspit Dog. Automation caused this breed to go extinct.
8aMMb TIL that the author of the original Bambi story wrote a fictional pornographic autobiography of a child prostitute in Vienna that was so period accurate that literature scholars debated for decades as to whether it was a true story for decades.