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TIL there is a girl named Zara Hartshorn who suffers from a rare disease called lipodystrophy. She is only 15 but looks like she is in her 40s or 50s.

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kJJpW TIL Kukur Tihar is an annual festival in Nepal celebrating Dogs.
VMKB8 TIL On a US Navy submarine using the "emergency blow activator, or 'chicken switch,'" is "a last resort in emergency situations." "Throwing the switch immediately blasts large volumes of compressed air into all of a submarine's ballast tanks, bringing the boat to the surface as quickly as possible."
oBYwE A study finds cats are susceptible to the coronavirus, but it's unclear whether they can infect people.
W7RWd TIL that a male bee has no father and can't have sons, but he has a grandfather and can have grandsons.
mjPM TIL that in the late 80s, a mass moral panic swept across the US where many daycare providers were accused of ritual Satanic sexual abuse, with dozens jailed based solely on children’s testimony, who were coached by psychologists.