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TIL Nokia was founded in 1865.

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6E64Q TIL about the Shope papilloma virus, a virus that can cause rabbits to grow "horns" on their head. This may have led to the myth of the jackalope
gMwwA TIL there’s a protein made by placenta cells called syncytin which aids in the attachment of the placenta to the uterine wall, making it essential for nutrients to get to the developing fetus. The gene that codes for the protein actually came from a virus millions of years ago.
LQlZm TIL about the city of Palmanova in Italy, that is a 9-pointed star-shaped fortress town that took 200 years to build from 1593 under the Venetian Republic to 1813 under the Napoleonic domination and it's included in UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list
LQbop TIL the Federal Reserve had extremely large denomination bills only useable internally. They were not legal tender and citizens couldn’t own them
7rLP7 TIL lobsters have the enzyme called "telomerase" which stops DNA strands called "telomeres" from damage as new cells are made. Other organisms' telomeres erode with age, but lobsters can theoretically live forever, because their ability to create perfect copies of cells never erodes.