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TIL that the assertion that the human body completely replaces itself (cellular renewal) in 7-10 years, is a myth. I.e neurons in the cerebral cortex not only last your entire lifetime, they are never replaced.

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b6EaZ TIL American Cheese contains 95% cheese and "American Cheese food" contains at least 51% cheese.
N7p6M TIL that the cheese Parmigiano-Reggiano is a large target of organised crime in Italy. From 2013 to 2015 an organised crime gang stole 2039 wheels of it from warehouses in northern and central Italy.
4KmR TIL that a man lost about 50%-75% of his brain to hydrocephalus (water on the brian) but still led a normal life. They believe the fluid filled so slowly over his life that the brain remapped itself to function despite the loss of mass.
Me9l7 TIL that up until 2018, colored eggs were considered to be an avian innovation that had evolved in birds. However, a phylogenetic analysis published in nature found that colored eggs evolved deep within the dinosaur tree and long before the radiation of modern birds.
kObdd TiL about the "World Passport" scam which has been running since 1954 and is still running today.