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TIL that oxyzen is responsible for aging, When oxidation of oxyzen happens things called free radicals are produced. which in turn deteriotes cell with in and makes them age.

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9K7 TIL That Paul Winchell, The person that voiced the Cartoon Character ‘Tigger’ Was also the man that designed the first Artificial Heart.
e0kE5 TIL in 2005, a strip club in Bloise, Idaho, managed to sidestep city laws banning total nudity in public by offering customers the chance to make drawings depicting its dancers. The law forbids full nudity in public unless the display has "serious artistic merit".
pp48 TIL of the high pitched voice theory of the Neanderthal, that because of the shape of their vocal chords, size of their head and rib cage, it’s likely Neanderthals would have had a very loud, high pitches voices.
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6EK6J TIL that in Papua New Guinea, sorcery is legally defined: "Good magic", used for things like healing and fertility, is legal; while "Black magic", held responsible for unexplained deaths, is illegal