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TIL John F. Kennedy's brain was removed and stored in the National Archive after his autopsy. The brain was subsequently lost and remains missing to this day.

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pQPA TIL Swiss Made watches only need to be 60% made in Switzerland - and even this is a matter of interpretation. Parts and components are often manufactured in China and Taiwan.
VMD4G TIL That, while it is the most common position for nearly all animals, no one is quite sure why the sex position became referred to as "doggy style". In Latin it was known as "sexual intercourse in the manner of wild beasts" and in the Kama Sutra it is called "the cow position".
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DQXAe TIL about the Boquila trifoliolata, also called the chameleon vine. It is the only plant known to engage in mimetic polymorphism, it can mimic the leaves of multiple host plants. Once the vines approach a host tree, the leaves begin to change their size, shape, color,... to match the host plant
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